LGBT row: NCP seeks resignation of 'ignorant' Goa minister

January 14, 2015 18:18

Even as Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar is trying to put a lid on a controversy triggered after the remarks made by his deputy on 'normalising' LGBT community, opposition NCP today demanded resignation of the "ignorant" Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ramesh Tawadkar.

"Chief Minister should sack the ignorant minister. The future of youths in the state is at stake in the hands of the current youth affairs and sports minister," state unit NCP spokesman Trojano D'Mello said.

Parsekar, while seeking to defuse the controversy, had yesterday said the minister must be "ignorant" about the issue and that the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community's sexual preferences were "natural".

Tawadkar kicked up a storm on Monday by stating that the BJP government has decided to set up a centre to treat the LGBT community to make them "normal".

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