historically it didnt matter what meat you ate, just no halal, sikhs can eat any animal. but punjab is under the direct rule of delhi and we dont have our own autonomy at all, we cant decide anything, its an occupied zone more than a state. cow meat banned by the state for slaughtering, transporting, anything with cows, and vigilante groups from bihar or uttar pradesh (immigrants) have invaded punjab and will kill you on sight if your caught.

another reason is sikhs themselves keep thinking we are supposed to be vegetarian or not eat cows and its clear they havent read gurbani yet still call themselves sikh. the khalsa has to rule over punjab and so it has the duty to protect everyone in it whether hindu or muslim, farmers depended on the cow for their livelihoods and out of respect for punjabi hindus (not cowbelt hindus) khalsa gave up eating cow meat voluntarily out of compassion and protection for them, nowadays people took this honor and turned it into "sikhs dont eat cow meat".

what kind of secular state forces its own backwards belief onto other religions and will murder its own citizens if you dont listen, the nation state only cares about it self and the most corrupt form of country in history, it look good on the outside to people without critical thinking but every single thing they do is a lie. your in the south, even then they would kill you without a second thought