New Delhi. Ivan Rodrigues, father of Indian female cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues, has broken his silence on the allegation of religious conversion against him. Ivan is accused of using his membership in the Khar Gymkhana Club to organize a conversion meeting. It has been said about the father of the Indian cricketer that he was misusing the membership of this club for the last several years and was getting religious conversions done. However, Ivan has termed the allegations against him as baseless. Ivan claimed that he organized prayer meetings only by strictly following the procedures.
Khar Gymkhana canceled the membership of Jemimah Rodrigues during its Annual General Meeting (AGM). Because many members had complained that Ivan had allegedly misused the privileges given to the star cricketer. Responding to the allegations, Ivan Rodrigues said that he followed strict procedures while availing the facilities and no 'conversion meeting' was organized at the gymkhana. Ivan said, “We had availed the facilities of Khar Gymkhana for prayer meetings on several occasions during a year from April 2023. However, this was done as per the procedures of Khar Gymkhana and with the full knowledge of the officials.
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'Prayer meetings were open to all'
“The prayer meetings were open to all and were in no way a 'conversion meeting' as portrayed in the media,” he said in a social media post. When we were asked to stop organizing the prayer meeting, we respected the decision of the gymkhana and stopped it with immediate effect.
Jemima has played 31 ODIs
Twenty-four year old Jemima is one of the star players of the Indian women's team. After making her debut for India in 2018, she has played three Tests, 31 ODIs and 104 ODIs for the country. Shiv Malhotra, member of the management committee of Khar Gymkhana, said that he respects Jemima and this incident should not have happened with her father.
'We gave the gymkhana facilities to Jemima and not to her father'
Malhotra said, 'This should not have happened. But that's how the world works. We are very proud of him as an Indian cricketer and I wish him all the best for the future. May he touch greater heights for the country. The gymkhana facilities were given to him for the use of cricket facilities, not for the use of his father.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : October 25, 2024, 9:26 PM IST
