Acharya said Tharoor's comment has hurt the sentiments of not only the people of Nagaland but the entire north eastern region.
Nagaland Governor P B Acharya on Friday sought apology from Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for his "outlandish" Naga headgear remark, saying it is "unacceptable".
The governor also called for having an inner line permit system to check illegal migrants in the state.
Interacting with senior journalists based in the state, Acharya said Tharoor's comment has hurt the sentiments of not only the people of Nagaland but the entire north eastern region.
"The entire region is, as the rest of the country, proud of its rich culture and traditions. Diversity should be respected," he said.
Such a statement is "extremely regrettable and unacceptable," Acharya said adding that Tharoor must apologise to the people of Nagaland in particular and the nation in general.
Earlier, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju demanded an apology from Tharoor over his outlandish gear comment.
In a series of tweets, Rijiju said Tharoor's comment is an 'insult' to the people of northeast and demanded an apology for calling Naga community's and other tribes' headdress as 'hilarious' and 'outlandish'.
Tharoor had also then hit back at the BJP who had criticised him for his ‘outlandish’ comment about Naga headgear.
He wrote: "The cynicism of the BJP is as impressive as their tactics. When confronted with an irrefutable criticism, they seize on an irrelevant detail, manufacture a fake controversy w/the help of an obliging media, & change the narrative so it is about the detail & not the original critique!"
Tharoor, the Thiruvananthapuram MP, had courted controversy by claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could wear all kinds of headgear, but not Muslim skull cap.
"I ask you why does our prime minister wear all sorts of outlandish headgear wherever he goes around the country or around the world? Why does he always refuse to wear a Muslim skull cap?" Tharoor had said while speaking at a seminar in the capital of Kerala on August 5.
On the publication of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, Acharya said Nagaland should have a strong system set up to check possible influx of illegal migrants in the interest of the people of the State.
"We should also have a strong Inner Line Permit system," he said.
Nagaland should be vigilant to check the influx of "illegal migrants" from Assam in the wake of the publication of complete draft of the NRC, the governor said.
(With PTI inputs)
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