Mithun Chakraborty Hits Back at Bilawal Bhutto’s Indus Treaty Warning

Actor-turned-BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty on Tuesday lashed out at former Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for his latest warning to India over changes to the Indus Waters Treaty.

Speaking to reporters in Kolkata, Chakraborty warned, “Agar aisi baatein karte rahenge aur humari khopdi sanak gayi toh phir ek ke baad ek BrahMos chalega” (If such statements continue and we lose patience, BrahMos missiles will be launched one after another).

In a sarcastic aside, he added, “We have also thought of building a dam where 140 crore people will pee. Once we open it, a tsunami will come. I have nothing against the people of Pakistan—this is for him (Bilawal Bhutto).”

His comments followed Bilawal’s speech at a Sindh government event on Monday, where the Pakistani leader accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Indus water project of attacking Pakistan’s “history, culture, and civilisation” and posing a direct threat to its water security. Bilawal also linked the move to what he claimed was India’s defeat in a May military clash.

Bilawal has made similar threats before—telling Pakistan’s Parliament in June that the country would “go to war” if denied its share of Indus waters.

India suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty in April, days after a terror attack in Pahalgam killed 26 people. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said the accord will never be reinstated.

Meanwhile, Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir recently issued a nuclear threat, warning that Islamabad could use its atomic arsenal if faced with an “existential crisis” and would destroy Indian infrastructure if water flows were diverted.

Responding, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said the remarks only deepened concerns over Pakistan’s nuclear command and control, stressing that India “will not give in to any nuclear blackmail” and will protect its national security.