Thursday, June 2, 2016

Rape: We’re angry with Nigerians –Indian minister

Indian city Minister, Laxmikant Parsekar, has said he stood by his attacks on Nigerians which had sparked a new controversy.
Parsekar, who made the attack on the heels of the arrest of a Nigerian on Monday for allegedly raping a 31-year-old woman, said Indians were “annoyed with the behaviour, attitude and way of life” of Nigerians living in Goa Province. The Congress’ Tom Vadakkan accused Parsekar of “racism”. “We never had such problem earlier; they have been coming to our universities.
It is a two-way traffic, we have to deal very carefully otherwise our people will also suffer,” Vadakkan said. The party’s Randeep Surjewala added that making controversial statements “has become a habit of BJP leaders”. But Shaina NC of Parsekar’s party, the BJP, rejected the charge of racism against the Goa chief minister, saying “we need to understand the history of Goa where you have a lot of cases of drug abuse and financial frauds against Nigerians”.
Parsekar, according to indtv.com, said he had received several complaints against Nigerians in his state. He said: “Goans in general are complaining about these foreigners. We get people from all other countries, but in general the people of Goa are very much annoyed with their (Nigerians’) behaviour, with their attitude, with their way of life.”
Goa police had on Monday arrested a Nigerian for allegedly raping a 31-year-old woman and the state’s Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar demanded a new law to facilitate the quick deportation of Nigerians.
 http://newtelegraphonline.com/rape-were-angry-with-nigerians-indian-minister/

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