Congress eyes Tendulkar as 'star campaigner' for MP polls

October 22, 2013 03:43

CNN-IBN reports: After cricket, politics seems to be the next stop for cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar.

After master blaster of Indian cricket announced that he will quit playing after his 200th Test match, he has been shortlisted by Congress as 'star campaigner' for Madhya Pradesh assembly polls.

This means he will be campaigning for Congress with full force in MP under the leadership of Union Minister Jyotiradiya Scindia, who was earlier selected as the chairman of the State Congress Election Campaign Committee by AICC.

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