Modi says will stop water flowing to Pakistan and bring it to Haryana for farmers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India would stop river water from flowing to Pakistan, and divert it to Haryana as farmers in the state were its rightful claimants, IANS reported.

Modi, who addressed an election rally in Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri district, said: “For 70 years, the water which belongs to India and the farmers of Haryana flowed to Pakistan. Modi will stop this water [from flowing into Pakistan] and bring to your houses.”

The prime minister claimed he had started the process of stopping water from flowing to Pakistan, ANI reported. “The water belongs to India and farmers of Haryana...That is why Modi is fighting for you.”