{"id":5240,"date":"2012-04-26T13:36:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T13:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5240"},"modified":"2012-04-26T13:36:33","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T13:36:33","slug":"tendulkar-meets-sonia-amid-possibility-of-rajya-sabha-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5240","title":{"rendered":"Tendulkar meets Sonia amid possibility of Rajya Sabha nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi: <\/strong>Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday amid speculation in party circles that he would be nominated to the Rajya Sabha.<\/p>\n<p>Congress leaders said Tendulkar and his wife Anjali paid &#8220;a courtesy visit&#8221; to Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence. 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