BJP ministers and their allies clearly want all the fun swept away from Goa beaches. Days after a local minister clamored for restricting short skirts, only to be told off by the CM, Union minister of state for tourism and culture, Shripad Naik, on Saturday railed against what he called pub culture, saying it shouldn't be used as a tonic for tourism.
Naik joins a list of ministers in the BJP-led coalition ostensibly trying to protect India's culture. Goa's transport minister Ramkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavalikar, from the ruling-BJP's ally, the MGP, had recently sought a ban on pub culture in Goa, remarking young girls going to pubs in skirts was against Goan culture. He had also wanted a ban on bikinis on Goa's beaches.
