Cow politics damaged India's GDP: Manpreet Singh Badal at India Today State of the State conclave Punjab

Punjab Minister for Finance and Planning Manpreet Singh Badal on Thursday said that the government could have benefited the GDP of the country from its milk production. But, he said, "the country's cow protection politics in India has once again forced us to do business with buffalo milk."

Manpreet Singh Badal was speaking on Punjab Economy - Challenges and Priorities at India Today's State of the State Conclave Punjab on Wednesday.

"Punjab is the dairy state of India and it is an ideal state for breeding cattle. We have told the Central government that the food policy of the counrry needs to be changed and Punjab is ideal for it," Manpreet Singh Badal said.

The Punjab minister said that the Narendra Modi government has not been mean to the state of Punjab. He also said that Punjab has been structurally damaged by the Goods and Services Tax (GST).