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tom brady Posted April 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Sachin Tendulkar along with his wife Anjali today paid a courtesy visit to Congress president SOnia Gandhi [color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia]at her 10 Janpath residence. Sonia wanted to meet the batting great and personally congratulate him on achieving the historic feat of scoring 100 international centuries recently.[/font][/color] [color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][size=4]Senior BCCI [/size][/font][/color][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia]functionary and IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla was also present at Sonia Gandhi's residence. According to sources, Tendulkar and his wife spent close to half an hour with Sonia.[/font][/color] [color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][size=4]The Congress president is learnt to have talked in general about cricket and wished the player luck for his future. Tendulkar, who turned 39 on Tuesday, had to wait for more than one year to move from 99 hundreds to the landmark 100th century before finally achieving it in an Asia Cup [/size][/font][/color][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia]match against Bangladesh on March 16.[/font][/color] [color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][size=4]Tendulkar's nomination to Rajya Sabha [/size][/font][/color][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia]has come as a surprise against the backdrop of a long-standing demand for conferring of Bharat Ratna on him for his contribution to the game. He completed the historic achievement of scoring 100 international centuries in March this year.[/font][/color] [color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][size=4]Tendulkar is the first sports personality to be nominated Tendulkar is the first sports personality to be nominated to Rajya Sabha while there have been several film personalities who have been nominated in the past. Film personalities who were nominated in the past include Hema Malini, Vyjayantimala, Nargis Dutt, Lata Mangeshkar and Sivaji Ganesan. Under the anti-defection law, a nominated member has the option to give a declaration within six months if he wants to associate himself with a political party in the House.[/size][/font][/color] 20 years fame 20 mins lo pogottukunnav... selfish idiot......[img]http://andhrawatch.com/gifs/var/thumbs/Brahmi-Gifs/2wqzpdc.gif?m=1321424372[/img] idhi matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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