Bikaner's prime minister K. M. Panikkar warned the Viceroy Lord Mountbatten that the Bikaner state would have no choice but to accede to Pakistan in the event of the headwaters going to Pakistan.
Bikaner's chief minister K. M. Panikkar alerted the Viceroy Lord Mountbatten that Bikaner would have no option but to merge with Pakistan if its water sources were redirected to that country.