“Did you know: Jawaharlal Nehru signed the controversial Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan without parliament approval, and despite protests by some Congress MPs”, Opindia, August 18, 2025:
“Independent Bharat’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru will be remembered forever, among other things, for the countless blunders he made during his tenure. His blunders continue to harm and haunt Bharat to this day. One such blunder was the signing of the Indus Waters Treaty in 1960.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Indepenedence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the now-scrapped Indus Waters Treaty signed between Bharat and Pakistan, was “unjust and one-sided” as it inflicted monumental harm to the Bharatiya farmers while benefitting the Pakistanis. Notably, just five years later, Pakistan waged a war against Bharat, only to lose though.
However, not only the terms of the treaty were unjust, Prime Minister Nehru agreeing to it was against the will of the Bharat and its parliament…….”
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