PM seeks report on Delhi Golf Club incident
Minister Narendra Modi’s office has asked for a report on the Delhi Golf Club staff misbehaving and throwing out a woman wearing a traditional Khasi dress, sources said
Tailin Lyngdoh, who hails from the northeastern state of Meghalaya and was wearing a jainsem, was on June 25 allegedly asked to leave the dining hall of the club, the haunt of the rich and the powerful. The 51-year-old governess was allegedly told she looked like a maid.
“The prime minister’s office also wants to know what action the urban development ministry will take against the Delhi Golf Club to ensure such incident is not repeated,” a source said .
The golf course is built on the land given on concessional rate by the ministry, which allows it a say in the affairs of the club.
Modi was told about the incident, for which the golf club has since apologised, as he was returning to India from the US. Modi reached Delhi on Wednesday after a tour of Portugal, US and the Netherlands.
The club is the latest in a string of incidents of people from India’s northeast facing violence, rude comments or discrimination in the Capital.
The ministry has already sought a report from the club. M Venkaiah Naidu said on Wednesday his ministry would issue an advisory on how the club staff should conduct themselves.
The club, on the directions of the ministry, has setup a threemember inquiry committee headed by retired justice Mukul Mudgal to look into charges of discrimination. In its apology letter, the club denied that Lyngdoh was asked to leave.