PM Modi says 'no trade or talks' with Pakistan amid cross-border tensions

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that there will be no trade or talks with Pakistan, while addressing a public gathering in Rajasthan on Thursday.

PM Modi, who was there to inaugurate several key projects in Bikaner, spoke about India's recent Operation Sindoor. “For every terrorist attack, Pakistan will have to pay a high cost. And this cost will be paid by the country’s army and their economy,” he said.

India carried out precision strikes under Operation Sindoor on terror infrastructure early on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.


Furthermore, the PM made India's stance clear regarding the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). “Pakistan will not be given the water which is rightfully India’s,” said Modi.

Pakistan PM had expressed interest in discussing IWT that has been kept under abeyance by India following the Pahalgam attack. The IWT was concluded by India with Pakistan in a spirit of goodwill and friendship in 1960.

The Indus treaty provides water for 80% of Pakistan's farms from three rivers that flow from India but Pakistan's finance minister said this month that its suspension was not going to have "any immediate impact".

In his first public address in Rajasthan after Operation Sindoor that was launched in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, the PM slammed Pakistan, and said in response to the attack on April 22, "we destroyed nine biggest terror hideouts in 22 minutes".

"The world and the enemies of the country have seen what happens when 'sindoor' turns into 'barood' (gunpowder)," he said at the public meeting in Palana in Bikaner, which shares border with Pakistan.

"Ab toh Modi ki naso mein lahu nahi garam sindoor beh raha hai (Not blood but sindoor runs in Modi's veins)," he said, adding, Pakistan will have to pay a heavy price for every terrorist attack.

He said India's response to the terror attack was not a game of vengeance but a "new form of justice" and there will be no trade or talk with Pakistan, there will be talk only about Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

In a stern message to Pakistan, he said India is not going to be scared by nuclear threats and if there is a terrorist attack on the country then it will give a befitting reply.

"If there is a terrorist attack on India, it will get a befitting reply. The time and methods will also be decided by our army and the conditions will also be ours. India is not going to be scared by the threat of atom bomb. Thirdly, we will not see the perpetrators of terror and the government patronising the terrorists separately. We will consider them as one," he said, adding these are three "sutras" from Operation Sindoor.

He said the game of Pakistan of state and non-state actors will not work anymore.

Lauding the armed forces for carrying out Operation Sindoor, he said "Our government gave free hand to all three armed forces. Together they created such a trap that Pakistan was forced to go down on its knees".

(With inputs from agencies)