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2 October 2016,

India will not soften stand on Indus treaty

Rajni Bakshi, Gandhi Peace Fellow, Democracy and Nation-Building Studies, Gateway House was quoted in an article by Sunday Guardian Live on India's stand on the Indus Water Treaty.

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Below is the quote from Rajni,

Rajni Bakshi, water expert and commentator on social and political movements, laughs off such claims. β€œIt would be inaccurate to suggest that India will be taking a lead by abrogating the Indus treaty. The Chinese have been making intense plans to take the water (of Brahmaputra) northward… In the case of the Mekong river, where China is the upstream power, they have been using their muscle to deprive many of the tiny southern countries.”

Read the full article here.