Chandigarh, April 27 -- To increase the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or to raise its livability - that's the hard choice we need to make as a society to address the multiple challenges arising from modern-day lifestyles, according to BL Santhosh, national general secretary (organisation) of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Santhosh, who was in Chandigarh on Sunday, to deliver a lecture on Bharatiya Janata Party's foundational philosophy, 'Integral Humanism', said we need to rethink our priorities as a society.

"We focus on increasing courts, police stations, and hospitals, but not on creating a society where these institutions are less needed; because doing so may also reduce the GDP," he said.

He further said, "We have improved o...