Goa Minister Declares India As “Hindu Nation” And Himself As “Christian Hindu”

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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Panaji, Goa (July 25, 2014): There is no stopping Goa ministers who have been sparking controversies with their statements for the past few days. Now, Goa Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza has backed minister Deepak Dhavalikar’s views on ‘Hindu nation’.

“India is a Hindu nation, it’s Hindustan, all Indians in Hindustan are Hindu. I am a Christain Hindu, so there is no question of making it a Hindu nation,” D’Souza said.

Triggering a controversy, Goa minister Deepak Dhavalikar had on yesterday said, “I am confident that under the leadership of Modiji, India will develop into a Hindu nation. Prime Minister will work in this regard is what I feel,” he said.

He made the statement on the floor of the Assembly on Thursday. He was speaking during a motion congratulating the Prime Minister on Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) victory in the Lok Sabha elections.

Reacting to the shocking statement, Congress demanded a clarification from the Prime Minister and the Goa Chief Minister on the issue. “This shows the hidden agenda of the BJP. CM must clarify if he agrees with Dhavalikar’s comments. The PM who always tweets on every issue should react to the statement as well,” Goa Congress spokesperson Durgadas Kamat said.

Dipak Dhavalikar is member of Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, an ally of BJP, and ministers in the Manohar Parrikar government.

This rhetoric shows that Sikhs are neither recognized, wanted or part of India.

The brahmin hindutva taliban snake is rising from the shadows.

[Ranjeet01]

What he means is he is Christian by religion, Hindu by culture.

[JasSinghKhalsa]

What he means is he is Christian by religion, Hindu by culture.

How come is Hinduism a culture? Can you define that please?

[Ranjeet01]

With a name like D'Souza it is obvious his ancestors were converted by the Portuguese since he is Goan, probably around the time they had the inquisition.

Hindu is not really a religion, it really is a collective term of a whole load of different beliefs and customs. Even the word Hind came from outside India to describe the people that lived around the Indus river and beyond.

Even though Mr D'Souza is Catholic and has a Portuguese name does not make him Portuguese, just like the Indian Muslim who has an Arabic name make him an Arab even though he wishes otherwise.

Even the Pakistani Muslim technically is a Hindu by culture.

Bhul Chuk Maf if I have offended anyone.

[kalaakaaraH]

I saw this and yeah think he meant hindu by culture and Christian by religion, hindu actually means indian, Hindustani means indian person, or people living on the other side of the river(indus) . hinudism is not really a religion but more of a way of life, its lots of small cultures put together, there's actually no definition of a hindu like how we have the rehat maryada etc . ism was added by the British. I think that man said it in this context...

[JasSinghKhalsa]

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