Mumbai’s top gymkhana removes Jemimah Rodrigues over her father’s ‘religious activity’

The determination to cancel her rank was taken astatine Sunday’s yearly wide assemblage gathering here. Text messages and telephone calls Monday to Jemimah Rodrigues and her begetter for comments remained unanswered.

Confirming the action, Khar Gymkhana president Vivek Devnani told The Indian Express: “The honorary three-year rank fixed to Ms Jemimah Rodrigues was revoked pursuant to a solution passed by the members who attended the wide gathering held connected October 20, 2024.”

Khar Gymkhana managing committee subordinate Shiv Malhotra spelled retired the reasons. “We came to cognize that Jemimah Rodrigues’s begetter was attached to an organisation called Brother Manuel Ministries. They booked the statesmanlike hallway for astir a twelvemonth and a fractional and held 35 events. We each cognize what was happening there,” helium said.

“We perceive astir conversions each implicit the country, but it’s happening close nether our nose. There was dancing, costly euphony equipment, large screens. As per Khar Gymkhana’s bye-laws Rule 4A of the constitution, Khar Gymkhana does not licence immoderate spiritual activity,” Malhotra said.

Former Khar Gymkhana president Nitin Gadekar said helium was informed astir the “religious activity” by a unit member. “Me, Malhotra and a fewer different members went to spot it. We saw the country was dark, trance euphony was playing and a woman was saying ‘He is coming to prevention us’. I was amazed however Gymkhana tin let this successful the archetypal place. We protested and it was decided to cancel her membership,” Gadekar said.

In 2023, Khar Gymkhana had invited Jemimah Rodrigues to beryllium a subordinate and usage its facilities.