Rajya Sabha waiver for Sachin, gets leave from attending parliament
August 11, 2014  12:53
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Deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha PJ Kurien has granted Sachin Tendulkar leave from the house. Sachin had asked for leave from attending the RS citing personal and professional reasons.

Tendulkar on Friday said there was a medical emergency in his family that kept him away from Delhi."My absence in Delhi has been discussed rather too much. I don't mean to disrespect any institution," he said, hours after members in the Rajya Sabha raked up his prolonged absence from the House and demanded his participation in its business.

Senior Congress leader Rajeev Shukla last week questioned the point behind Tendulkar's nomination to the Upper House saying if he was not going to attend it.

Shukla said that he has spoken to Tendulkar last week and he had promised he will attend more regularly. He was nominated to Rajya Sabha in 2012.

According to records, Tendulkar has only 3 per cent attendance last year, having attended Parliament only three times. He has not attended a single session of Rajya Sabha this year.
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