India, May 20 -- Muslim clerics have advised the community not to buy cows for Qurbani (offering) during the upcoming Eid-al-Adha festival, expected to be celebrated end of the month, following the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government's restrictions on cattle sales.

Traders said the restrictions could impact the Goala community, which runs backyard dairies across the state, selling milk, paneer and non-milch cattle during festivals.

The state home department headed by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari issued a notification on May 13, citing the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950, and the August 2018 order by a Calcutta high court division bench on a petition seeking a ban on cow slaughters in public places.

The notificatio...