Cricketer’s father accused of religious conversion, broke silence on the controversy for the first time

New Delhi. Ivan Rodrigues, father of Indian female cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues, has broken his/her silence on the allegation of religious conversion against him/her. Ivan is accused of using his/her membership in the Khar Gymkhana Club to organize a conversion meeting. It has been said about the father of the Indian cricketer that he/she 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/her as baseless. Ivan claimed that he/she 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/she 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 ‘conversion meetings’ as portrayed in the media,” he/she 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/she 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/her as an Indian cricketer and I wish him/her all the best for the future. May he/she touch greater heights for the country. The gymkhana facilities were given to him/her for the use of cricket facilities, not for the use of his/her father.

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