India, April 28 -- Farmer leader Naresh Tikait expressed his discontent over India's decision to dismiss the Indus Water Treaty and said that it was a wrong decision.

"This is a wrong decision. The treaty should have continued. We are against this. We are farmers and every farmer needs water," news agency ANI quoted Naresh Tikait, Bhartiya Kisan Union's President, as saying.

Naresh Tikait's remarks, which come after India decided to break the treaty in a sharp response to Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, have stirred a controversy. He is facing heat from several BJP and farmer leaders, who are saying that he should be "ashamed".

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in response to Tikait's remarks,...