India Responds To Pakistans War Mongering; Warns Of Painful Consequences In Case Of Misadventure

“We have seen reports regarding a continuing pattern of reckless, war-mongering and hateful comments from Pakistani leadership against India. Pakistan would be well-advised to temper its rhetoric as any misadventure will have painful consequences, as was demonstrated recently,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said during a press conference on Thursday.

The sharp reaction came after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday warned that India would not be allowed to take “even one drop” of water belonging to his country, amid tensions following New Delhi’s April 23 decision to put the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) “in abeyance” a day after the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.

“If you threaten to hold our water, you cannot snatch even one drop of Pakistan,” Sharif said at a ceremony in Islamabad, adding that India would be “taught a lesson” if it attempted such a move. Pakistan has repeatedly claimed that blocking water flow would be considered an act of war.