<p>Days after his minister brother triggered a controversy by demanding a ban on wearing bikinis on Goa's beaches, Cooperation Minister Dipak Dhavalikar today appeared to have waded into another, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi will develop India into a Hindu nation.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"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 while speaking in state assembly on a motion congratulating Modi on BJP's electoral victory.<br /><br />Both Dhavalikar brothers -- Sudin and Dipak -- belonging to Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, an ally of BJP, are ministers in the Manohar Parrikar government.<br /><br />"Wearing bikinis should be banned on Goa's beaches," Sudin Dhavalikar, the state's transport minister, had said earlier this month.<br /><br />Before that, he had slammed the "young girls going to pubs in short dresses" as it was against Goan culture.<br /><br />"Young girls going to pubs in short dresses does not fit in our culture. What will happen to our Goan culture if we allow this?... Scantily-dressed girls visiting pubs project a wrong culture and this should be stopped," he had said.<br /><br />Sudin had later withdrawn his comments that provoked outrage in the state whose beaces and pubs swarm with tourists, including lakhs of foreigners.</p>
<p>Days after his minister brother triggered a controversy by demanding a ban on wearing bikinis on Goa's beaches, Cooperation Minister Dipak Dhavalikar today appeared to have waded into another, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi will develop India into a Hindu nation.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"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 while speaking in state assembly on a motion congratulating Modi on BJP's electoral victory.<br /><br />Both Dhavalikar brothers -- Sudin and Dipak -- belonging to Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, an ally of BJP, are ministers in the Manohar Parrikar government.<br /><br />"Wearing bikinis should be banned on Goa's beaches," Sudin Dhavalikar, the state's transport minister, had said earlier this month.<br /><br />Before that, he had slammed the "young girls going to pubs in short dresses" as it was against Goan culture.<br /><br />"Young girls going to pubs in short dresses does not fit in our culture. What will happen to our Goan culture if we allow this?... Scantily-dressed girls visiting pubs project a wrong culture and this should be stopped," he had said.<br /><br />Sudin had later withdrawn his comments that provoked outrage in the state whose beaces and pubs swarm with tourists, including lakhs of foreigners.</p>