Laxmikant Parsekar triggers controversy over 'Nigerians' remark
"People in Goa are not happy with these (Nigerians) people," Parsekar told media.
"They are annoyed with their attitude, behaviour and way of life," he said.
The incident occurred at a time when students from Africa, studying in India, were outraged over the murder of a Congolese man in south Delhi and a string of other attacks on people of Africa.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said the alleged lynching of a Congolese man in New Delhi was not an incident of 'racial discrimination'.
She met a delegation of African students in New Delhi.
Race crime in Delhi is on the rise, according to media reports with the most serious incident being the lynching of a Congolese man.
Other instances have shown various crimes taking place against the dark skinned.
The spate of violence has also left the several African envoys, stationed in India, fuming.
Racial crimes were also reported from Bangalore, where a Nigerian girl was attacked by her Indian neighbours recently following a car parking issue.
The same city had witnessed the molestation of a Sudenese student, who was beaten, dragged out of her car and stripped in public by an angry mob avenging the death of an elderly lady, who was knocked down by an African national.
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