India’s defence policy is no longer linked to its diplomatic policy, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah said in an interview, explaining how his party views national security. Shah is convinced national security, which his party has made the centrepiece of its campaign, will find an echo among voters. The Rajya Sabha, where the BJP and the NDA have not had the numbers, has come in the way of the government’s legislative agenda. “One more round of UP/Bihar of Rajya Sabha polls and things will change in favour of the BJP (in the Upper House),” Shah said. Also read | Lok Sabha elections 2019: ‘BJP will breach 282 mark by large margin’, says Amit ShahThe BJP president said that veteran leaders such as LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi have not retired from politics, but from electoral politics.

Source: Hindustan Times May 07, 2019 00:30 UTC