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Tendulkar in line for nomination to Parliament
The Indian government has recommended Sachin Tendulkar's name for nomination to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament, ESPNcricinfo has learnt. Tendulkar met the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday and was offered a seat in the upper house's nominated category. He is understood to have accepted the offer and his name has now gone from the prime minister's office to the home ministry; it will then go to the office of the President, who formally names the candidate.
Sachin Tendulkar in line for nomination to Parliament | Cricket News | Global | ESPN Cricinfo Sachin Tendulkar accepts Rajya Sabha nomination - India - DNA itstl |
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26-04-2012, 07:08 AM
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bet he's a libertarian
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Odd given he's still playing, but from the looks of that article, seems a bit of a ceremonial role in the mold of Aus Of The Year rather than an actual political job?
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Couldn't care less either way tbh regardless of whether this is political or just ceremonial. He's perfectly entitled to run for office if he likes, though I guess I'd be a bit worried if I was an Indian cricket fan on how this will affect his career.
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The Rajya Sabha is the upper house of parliament. It'll be a ceremonial post, if it goes through.
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It's not a completely ceremonial post tbf. He still has to vote on important legislations in the Rajya Sabha if it goes that far and with the govt not having a majority every member is crucial right now.
He met the PM and Sonia Gandhi today and is being nominated by the Congress government, so will be interesting to see whether he joins a party or not. Hope he doesn't though like most of the nominated members in history. Out of 119 nominated in history only 17 have accepted a party whip inlcuding Hema Malini and Mani Shankar Aiyar etc.... |
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