New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar has reportedly been recommended to be nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha, India’s NDTV reported.
Sources say Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written a letter to the President on this matter. The letter is expected to be forwarded by the Home Ministry. Sources have told NDTV that apart from Sachin, there are two more names in the story.
Observers however say Sachin is actively involved in playing cricket and may not accept the offer. They point out that he has been a most apolitical person and not even been associated with a political cause.
Sachin, and his wife Anjali, today paid a courtesy visit to Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpath Residence in New Delhi. Mrs Gandhi wanted to meet the batting great and personally congratulate him on achieving the historic feat of scoring 100 international centuries recently.
Senior BCCI functionary and IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla was also present at Sonia Gandhi’s residence. Mr Shukla said he had no knowledge of Sachin’s reported Rajya Sabha niomination.
According to sources, Tendulkar and his wife spent close to half an hour with Sonia.
The Congress President is learnt to have talked in general about cricket and wished the player luck for his future.
The master-blaster who turned 39 on Tuesday, is in Delhi to play an IPL match for the Mumbai Indians against the Delhi Daredevils tomorrow.
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