India, March 13 -- A demand to ban the sale of "analogue cheese" and "analogue paneer" was made in the state assembly on Wednesday by BJP legislator Vikram Pachpute, who said that these products were playing with the lives of people. Pointing out that analogue products were a cheap substitute for real paneer and real cheese, Pachpute said that while they allowed restaurants and street food vendors to reduce costs and rake in more profit, they were harmful to health.

The BJP MLA from Shrigonda assembly constituency had even carried pieces of analogue paneer and real paneer, which he handed over to the speaker of the state assembly, asking him if he could differentiate between the real and fake ones. Pachpute's demand got a positive respon...