Chandigarh, Nov 16 (UNI) Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has said that Punjab, known the 'sword-arm of India', has always resisted external intrusions thus the border state must be seen from the point of view of national security, not just from the economic point of view of view at the time of budgetary allocation.
He said that special package should be given to the state.
Mr Manpreet Singh Badal stated this during a virtual discussion with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the topic of the discussion was stepping up investment, infrastructure and growth in the country.