India, June 21 -- Union home minister Amit Shah has categorically ruled out restoring the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, asserting that India will instead divert the river water for its internal use.

Shah said, "No, it will never be restored," when asked about the status of the six-decade-old agreement in an interview with The Times of India.

The Bharatiya Janata Party veteran added, "We will take water that was flowing to Pakistan to Rajasthan by constructing a canal. Pakistan will be starved of water that it has been getting unjustifiably."

The Indus Waters Treaty, signed in 1960, regulates water sharing between India and Pakistan from the Indus River system. However, India put the treaty into "abeyance" following the April 22 te...