Sachin Tendulkar, Rekha nominated for Rajya Sabha

     God of Cricket, Vikramaditya Sachin Tendulkar created another recordon thursday. This time, he made record in Indian political history. President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Patil approved Rajya Sabha recommendation for Sachin Tendulkar, according to the reports. Tendulkar become members of Parliament under article 80 of the Constitution which provides nomination of persons having special knowledge or practical experience in matters such as literature, science, art and social service that allows the President of India to nominate 12 members to the Upper House. Sachin would be the first active sportsperson and a cricketer to be nominated to Rajya Sabha.

     Eternal beauty of Bollywood Rekha is also nominated for the same status. In the past, several film personalities like Hema Malini, Vyjayantimala, Nargis Dutt, Lata Mangeshkar and Sivaji Ganesan  have been nominated. 57 year old Rekha was one of the top heroines of the 1980s decade in Hindi films and and had won several national awards for her acting.

     Thursday morning (26 April 2012), Sachin visited congress president Sonia Gandhi along with his wife Anjali. They spent about half an hour with Mrs. Gandhi. Sonai personally wanted to congratulate Sachin on occasion of achieving 100 centuries in international cricket.

Point of Discussion:

     After release of this news, 'Sachin on RS' become trend on twitter. Someone twitted following which we think is more important issue to discuss.

     "If Sachin wishes to keep his 'Mr Clean' image intact, rejecting his nomination to Rajya Sabha would be a prudent move"

     Under the anti-defection law, a nominated member can declare himself with a political party in the house within six months. It is not mandatory that every nominated member should do so.

     What you say on this issue? Will Sachin accept or reject Rajya sabha seat nomination? Comment below to discuss.