Hyderabad, July 10 -- BJP spokesperson Prakash Reddy on Friday alleged that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was a "Pakistan well-wisher" and described the Indus Waters Treaty as an "anti-India decision", while backing the Centre's decision to keep the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance.

He said the government was committed to maximising the use of water for India and reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion that "blood and water cannot go together."

Speaking to ANI in Hyderabad, Reddy also criticised the 1960 treaty, alleging that it was not in India's interest. "The Prime Minister, at the time of Operation Sindoor, clarified that blood and water cannot go together. That is the decision taken by the Prime Minister. ...