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Sachin's big miss

It was Tendulkar's maiden attempt to speak in the House, and likely to be his last as his term ends in 2018

Uproar in Rajya Sabha over PM Modi's remarks on Manmohan Singh during Gujarat election campaign, as MP Sachin Tendulkar gets up to speak. (Photo: ANI)
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Uproar in Rajya Sabha over PM Modi's remarks on Manmohan Singh during Gujarat election campaign, as MP Sachin Tendulkar gets up to speak. (Photo: ANI)

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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 2012. He was in the House on Thursday to initiate a short duration discussion on the right to play and the future of sports in India. However, he couldn’t as the Congress disrupted the proceedings to demand a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his allegations on his predecessor Manmohan Singh and on the 2G spectrum allocation case verdict.
 
It was Tendulkar's maiden attempt to speak in the House, and likely to be his last as his term ends in 2018. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu admonished