Omar amazed by storm over Sachin’s nomination to Rajya Sabha

Omar amazed by storm over Sachin’s nomination to Rajya Sabha

FPJ BureauUpdated: Sunday, June 02, 2019, 04:11 AM IST
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Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, an avid cricket fan, today said he was "amazed" by the storm generated by nomination of cricket superstar Sachin Tendul

kar to the Rajya Sabha.
   
"Amazing to see the storm that Sachin’s nomination (to Rajya Sabha) has generated," Omar wrote on the micro-blogging site Twitter.com.
   
However, Omar felt that the cricketing legend, who has almost every batting record to his name, would have preferred a Bharat Ratna to nomination to the upper house of the Parliament.
   
"I think he’d have preferred a Bharat Ratna after all," the Chief Minister added.
   
Tendulkar was yesterday nominated by President Pratibha Patil to Rajya Sabha.