PANAJI: Irish rockstar Bob Geldof's remark that he got his "best drugs" from Goa has come under attack from a right wing Hindu organisation which has accused him of hurting national sentiments.
While tourism industry players in Goa have said that Geldof's statement was not in the context of the current situation, the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) has filed a complaint with the Irish embassy against the rocker.
Geldof, who was recently in Goa to participate in an event, had claimed that he was happy to be in the state which gave him the "best drugs".
He was referring to the time when he was 14 years old and used to get drugs from Goa. "Someone told me that these drugs where from Goa," Geldof had told reporters.
Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) president Fransisco de Braganza said that there was no need to take Geldof's statement as judgement on the current situation.
"It is secondary evidence. He never came to Goa. Somebody told him that those drugs came from Goa. The time line is late 60s," Braganza said, adding we are all aware that there was hippie culture in Goa at that time.
"It was a different world. It is not a statement which relates to the present period," he added.
The HJS has strongly opposed Geldof's statement. In a letter to the Ireland Embassy in New Delhi and the Irish consulates in India and Indian Embassy in Ireland, the HJS demanded immediate action against Gedolf for hurting Indian sentiments.
His statements about Goa and India have hurt the national sentiments as this is defaming India at an international level and a national insult," the letter reads. "We respect Irish culture and its co-relation with India. We have common fighting spirit against those who wants to rule us and try to destroy our culture. We are informing this to you as your citizen and a public figure is defaming the image of a nation and no true Indian will take it lightly," it further said.
"You must inform your nationals visiting India in future to respect our glory and sentiments as we are respecting yours," it added.
HJS has also demanded an unconditional apology from Geldof.
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