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December 5, 2015, NewsCrunch
After a long wait of three years, Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar made his effective debut in Parliament by asking a question.
Sachin, who was nominated for the upper house in 2012, not only has a poor attendance record, but had never asked a question before.
He had recently submitted a written question wanting to know if the Railways planned to create a separate zone for the Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi metros on the lines of what it had done in Kolkata.
Manoj Sinha, the MoS Railways, Kolkata Metro Railway replied on Friday that Kolkata Metro had been treated as a unique case, and hence there was no plan extend the approach to other Metros, reports The Economic Times.
Sachin has also listed another question for Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on the changes in provisions for issuing of driving licenses.
It is early to say if these questions mean Sachin is planning to take his parliamentary role more seriously.
In August 2014, fellow MPs had noted that Sachin attended Parliament rarely and cautioned that he ran the risk of losing membership.
If a member is absent from the House for 60 days, his seat can be declared "vacant". At that time Sachin had bunked the sittings for 40 days.