After Indus Waters Treaty abeyance, Pakistan floating threat narrative of ‘what if China stops Brahmaputra flow’: Himanta

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday (June 3, 2025) said that after India put the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in abeyance, Pakistan is weaving a new “manufactured threat” narrative of what will happen if China stops Brahmaputra’s flow into the country.

Reacting to a Pakistani official’s threat that China can also halt the flow of the River Brahmaputra into India, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday described the remark as Islamabad’s new “scare tactic” and said the water body grows after entering the country. He said China contributes only 30-35 percent of the river’s total flow

Sarma’s response came after a senior aide to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Rana Ihsaan Afzal, reportedly said that, on the lines of India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, China can take similar measures by stalling the flow of the river, reported ANI.

Himanta Biswa Sarma said Pakistan is “spinning another manufactured threat”.

“What if China stops the Brahmaputra Water to India? A Response to Pakistan’s New Scare Narrative. After India decisively moved away from the outdated Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan is now spinning another manufactured threat: What if China stops the Brahmaputra’s water to India? Let’s dismantle this myth — not with fear, but with facts and national clarity: Brahmaputra: A River That Grows in India — Not Shrinks,” he wrote on X.