Lucknow/Gorakhpur, April 27 -- Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said his party will fully support any action taken by the government for restricting or stopping flow of water to Pakistan following the suspension of the Indus Water Treaty over the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed.

"Whatever retaliatory step government takes for 'jalbandi', we will fully support it," Yadav posted in Hindi on X.

Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil stated on Friday that the decision to hold the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance was fully justified and that the government will see that not a drop of water from the Indus River reaches Pakistan.

During a visit to Kushinagar on Saturday, Yadav also said the Centre ...