New Delhi, July 30 -- Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday hit out at External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar over the latter's remarks on the Indus Waters Treaty and said that it was "atrocious" to call the Indus Waters Treaty "communal appeasement" by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

In a post on X Ramesh said, "Once upon a time the External Affairs Minister was known as a professional. Today he showed that he has long given up the slightest pretence of being one. His remarks on Nehru and the Indus Waters Treaty in the Rajya Sabha today were, to put it mildly, absolutely shocking. He deliberately did NOT mention that without the three Eastern Rivers (Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi) being exclusively with Ind...