Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar will bat for the first time in Parliament on Thursday, demanding the “right to play” for children.
Tendulkar, who had often received flak for skipping sessions, has submitted a notice to lead a debate on “Right to Play and the future of sports in India” in the Upper House, to which he was nominated in April 2012.
This will be the first time Tendulkar will be initiating a full-fledged debate in Parliament. Tendulkar’s notice suggests that the former cricketer wants a constitutional right that guarantees inclusion of sports in education curriculum and the availability of sports infrastructure for all children.
Incidentally, two months ago Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon children to take up sports and other physical activities as he expressed concern over the rising number of obesity cases among Indian children.
About 180 million people in India, including 14.4 million between the ages of two and 19, were found to be obese in a study published this year in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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