Cricket versus the Rajya Sabha

Last week, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was nominated to the Rajya Sabha. But Sidhu is yet to take oath even though the other five members nominated with him have done so already. Sidhu conveyed his inability to take oath earlier this week, citing commentary commitments during the ongoing Indian Premier League. While the matches are held across India, Sidhu has to station himself in the television studios in Mumbai. The former cricketer, however, was in Parliament on Wednesday and senior ministers urged him to take oath sooner than later.