AdvertisingThe Congress also made public the 41-page report prepared by the task force headed by Lt Gen Hooda and titled India’s National Security Strategy. “This is the broad outline of the Congress’s approach to the issue of national security and what we will do when we are in government. READ | To bring change in Pakistan’s behaviour, India must also change: ChidambaramAdvertisingAmong other things, the document said the Congress would provide a statutory basis to the National Security Council (NSC) and the office of the National Security Advisor (NSA). The Congress’s move to bring out a separate document on national security came even as the BJP is trying to make nationalism and national security the main poll issue in its campaign. The Congress has been arguing that the BJP is trying to divert attention from bread and butter issues like unemployment.

Source: Indian Express April 21, 2019 21:22 UTC