Sachin Tendulkar MP: Legend recommended for Rajya Sabha

The government has recommended cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha. Tendulkar would be the first active sportsman and a cricketer to be nominated to Rajya Sabha. Tendulkar's nomination to Rajya Sabha has come as a surprise against the backdrop of a long-standing demand for conferring of Bharat Ratna on him for his contribution to the game. He completed the historic achievement of scoring 100 international centuries in March this year.
Tendulkar and his wife Anjali paid a courtesy visit to Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her residence in New Delhi this morning. Sonia wanted to meet the batting great and personally congratulate him on achieving the historic feat of scoring 100 international centuries.

Tendulkar and his wife spent close to half an hour with Sonia. Tendulkar, who turned 39 on Tuesday, had to wait for more than one year to move from 99 hundreds to the landmark 100th century before finally achieving it in an Asia Cup match against Bangladesh on March 16.

39-year-old Tendulkar, who has brought many a laurel to the country through his exploits in the game will become members of Parliament under a provision of the constitution that allows the President to nominate 12 members to the Upper House.

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and actress of yesteryear Rekha are among four eminent persons who have been recommended for nomination as members of Rajya Sabha.

There is no word from the government on who the other two are who have been nominated.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sent a communication to the ministry of home affairs on Wednesday which has been sent to President Pratibha Patil for notification, sources said.

Article 80 of the Constitution provides for nomination of persons having special knowledge or practical experience in matters such as literature, science, art and social service.

The House already has a member from the film world in Javed Akhtar, an eminent lyricist and script writer in Hindi cinema.




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