Highlights 1 Akhilesh challenges Modi government to issue blanket ban on meat exports. In return, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who is seeking re-election for a second term, has now challenged the Modi government at the centre to issue a blanket ban on meat exports. PINK REVOLUTIONDuring his election campaign in 2014, Narendra Modi attacked the then Congress-led UPA government for spawning a "pink revolution" -- a term he used for growing meat exports and state subsidies to abattoirs. More than 95 per cent of meat exports come from buffaloes, which do not enjoy the sacred status of cows, whose slaughtering is banned in most of the states. Watch Video: Exclusive: Akhilesh dares Modi to ban meat exports after Amit Shah vows to close slaughterhouses

Source: India Today February 19, 2017 15:45 UTC