Khar Gymkhana, one in all Mumbai’s oldest golf equipment, has cancelled the membership of Indian ladies cricket group’s main batter Jemimah Rodrigues.
In line with Khar Gymkhana officers, the motion was taken after some members objected to her father Ivan utilizing the membership premises for “spiritual actions” and alleged that occasions have been organised to “convert” the “susceptible”.
The choice to cancel her membership was taken at Sunday’s annual common physique assembly right here. Textual content messages and cellphone calls Monday to Jemimah Rodrigues and her father for feedback remained unanswered.
Confirming the motion, Khar Gymkhana president Vivek Devnani advised The Indian Express: “The honorary three-year membership given to Ms Jemimah Rodrigues was revoked pursuant to a decision handed by the members who attended the overall assembly held on October 20, 2024.”
Khar Gymkhana managing committee member Shiv Malhotra spelled out the explanations. “We got here to know that Jemimah Rodrigues’s father was hooked up to an organisation referred to as Brother Manuel Ministries. They booked the presidential corridor for nearly a 12 months and a half and held 35 occasions. Everyone knows what was taking place there,” he mentioned.
“We hear about conversions all around the nation, but it surely’s taking place proper below our nostril. There was dancing, costly music gear, huge screens. As per Khar Gymkhana’s bye-laws Rule 4A of the structure, Khar Gymkhana doesn’t allow any spiritual exercise,” Malhotra mentioned.
Former Khar Gymkhana president Nitin Gadekar mentioned he was knowledgeable concerning the “spiritual exercise” by a employees member. “Me, Malhotra and some different members went to see it. We noticed the room was darkish, trance music was taking part in and a girl was saying ‘He’s coming to avoid wasting us’. I used to be stunned how Gymkhana can enable this within the first place. We protested and it was determined to cancel her membership,” Gadekar mentioned.
In 2023, Khar Gymkhana had invited Jemimah Rodrigues to be a member and use its amenities.