The Ministry of Urban Development has sought a report from the Delhi Golf Club on a Meghalaya woman’s charge that she had been turfed out of the dining room of The Delhi Golf Club because her traditional Khasi attire looked like a “maid’s uniform” to the staffers. Meanwhile, Delhi Golf Club has appointed three members committee headed by Justice (retired) Mukul Mudgal to probe the incident. The three-member panel, will include lawyer Renu Sehgal and journalist Sunayana Arora Singh, the CEO and founder of an NGO, Organ India.
Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said his ministry will issue an advisory to the Delhi Golf Club after its staff asked a Meghalaya woman to leave the club for wearing Jainsem, a traditional dress worn “The land to Delhi Golf Club was given by the union government, so we will be issuing them an advisory after getting a report of the incident, “ Naidu said. On the other hand, the club in its statement said that since there are conflicting versions of the incident, it is deemed appropriate to institute an inquiry by independent persons who are not members of the club.
Mudgal, retired Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, had earlier headed a committee which was directed by the Supreme Court to conduct a probe into allegations of corruption in the Indian Premier league. The club, an elite golfing establishment situated in acres of rolling greens, added that Shailja laxman, its HR manager, will provide administrative assistance to the three- member committee.
“The club shall take further action in this regard after receiving the report of the inquiry committee,” it said.
Tailin lyngdoh, who was wearing a ‘jainsem’, a traditional Khasi dress, told reporters she was asked to leave a lunch hosted by a member of the club in the heart of the capital on June 25. lyngdoh said the manager informed her that the outfit she wore was not allowed in the club.