No Sachin Tendulkar Rajya Sabha speech debut as Congress MPs create ruckus over PM Modi's Pakistan remark

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was out for a duck in his maiden Rajya Sabha innings today.

IndiaToday.in  | Written by Dev Goswami
New Delhi, December 21, 2017 | UPDATED 14:24 IST
Sachin Tendulkar was unable to deliver his speech in Rajya Sabha after Congress MPs raised a ruckus (Twitter/ANI)Sachin Tendulkar was unable to deliver his speech in Rajya Sabha after Congress MPs raised a ruckus (Twitter/ANI)

 Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, one of India's greatest cricketers, was supposed to speak in Parliament today. This was to be Sachin's maiden innings in Rajya Sabha, as far delivering a speech was concerned.

But, for the first few minutes, Sachin just stood there smiling as the Congress raised a massive ruckus over PM Narendra Modi's comments about Pakistan and ex-PM Manmohan Singh.

As Sachin kept waiting, Congress MPs shouted what sounded like 'pradhan mantri sabha mein aao (PM come in Rajya Sabha)', not allowing the master blaster to deliver his speech, which was to be the topic of the 'right to play and the future of sports in India'.

A frustrated chairman of the house Venkaiah Naidu tried several times to quieten the opposition MPs, telling them their protests were not going the record. Naidu, finally, had to stop live telecast of Rajya Sabha before adjourning the Upper House for the day.