Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 5 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar criticised Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president Arshad Madani on Monday for the latter's recent statement on the suspension of Indus Water Treaty.

'This (Indus Water Treaty suspension) is the policy of govt of India. To defeat enemies, Govt of India will decide what all need to be done. If this pains somebody, then they should go and make the terrorists in Pakistan understand not to do such things. Now only water has been stopped, what will you do when we take your blood,' the UP Minister told ANI in Lucknow.

The Jamiat president has been criticised by multiple BJP leaders, including party spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, who condemned the statement and called it 'very objectionable.'

'I condemn this statement. This is a very objectionable statement. Pakistan can conduct a blood bath and we can't even stop their water? What kind of advice is this? He is saying there shouldn't be a war...there is anger amongst the Muslim community also, for the kind of statement made by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind', Syed Shahnawaz Hussain told ANI.

Earlier on Sunday, while speaking on the suspension of the treaty, Madani had said that if any country stops water, let them stop it. He added that the rivers have been flowing for thousands of years and questioned where the water of these rivers will go.

Madani further said that the rule should be one of love, not hatred, and as a 'Muslim' spending life in the country, he knows that 'the things which are being promoted here are not suitable for the country.'

'If someone stops water, let them stop it... These rivers have been flowing for thousands of years, where will you take their water? It's not easy. I think the rule should be of love and not hatred. I am a Muslim, I am spending my life here in this country, and I know that the things which are being promoted here are not suitable for the country', Arshad Madani said.

Holding the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance was India's response to the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 26 tourists in Jammu and Kashmir. Other diplomatic measures include Defence, Military, Naval, and Air Advisors in the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi being declared 'persona non grata' and asked to leave India within a week. (ANI)