Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who was nominated to Rajya Sabha on April 27, took the membership of Rajya Sabha today.
Sachin took oath in the chamber of Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari. He was accompanied by his wife Anjali Tendulkar.
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla, Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office V. Narayanawamy and a few other leaders were also present on the occasion.
After taking oath,  he  cleared that  would not  stop playing cricket for Parliament. “I don’t want rumours to start that I have stopped playing cricket. I will let everyone know when I will stop playing cricket,” he said when asked how he would assuage people who raise questions whether he would be able to do justice to the job in Parliament when he is still playing cricket.”.
“…I am here because of my cricketing career. I cannot take any focus away from my cricket. That is where it all started for me. I will focus on my cricket and as and when I stop playing cricket, I don’t know, when I will start attending to other things.
“Cricket comes first,” Tendulkar told reporters as he and wife Anjali were chaperoned by Shukla to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari’s chamber.
There was much excitement in the corridors of Parliament as a large number of officials gathered outside Ansari’s chamber where Tendulkar took oath.
A number of Parliament staffers took out their mobile phones to capture a glimpse of the cricketer.
Tendulkar said the Rajya Sabha nomination has put him in better position to help not only cricket but also other sports in the country.