Jemimah Rodrigues’ father denies using Mumbai club premises for religious conversions
The cricketer’s father said he had conducted several prayer meetings at the Khar Gymkhana but stopped doing so at the management’s request.
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Ivan Rodrigues, the father of Indian cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues, has denied using the facilities at Mumbai club Khar Gymkhana to conduct religious conversions.
On Sunday, the Khar Gymkhana management cancelled an honorary three-year membership given to Jemimah Rodrigues after some members reportedly objected to Ivan Rodrigues using the gymkhana premises for “religious activities” and alleged that he was organising events to “convert” the “vulnerable”.
In a statement posted on Instagram on Friday night, Ivan Rodrigues wrote: “We had availed of the facilities at the Khar Gymkhana for the purpose of prayer meetings on multiple occasions over a period of a year since April 2023. However, this was done in complete accordance with the procedures that Khar Gymkhana has in place and in full knowledge of the office bearers.
“The prayer meetings were open to all and were in no way ‘conversion meetings’ as is wrongly labelled in articles in the media. When we were told to stop conducting the prayer meetings, we respected the stance of the Gymkhana and did so with immediate effect.”
Rodrigues said: “We are honest, law-abiding people who are grateful that we can practise our faith without it being a cause of inconvenience to anyone else. To then be the subject of false claims and misinformation is...
