Then ruling Congress party in order to gain in elections, presented Cricket God Sachin Tendulkar, Country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, the moment he announced his retirement from Cricket. Congress prior to that made him Rajyasabha member.
Madhya Pradesh High Court against Sachin
This came as surprise to many as there are many more legends who were ignored and bypassed to accommodate Sachin Tendulkar. Now a petition has been filed in Madhya Pradesh High Court against Sachin Tendulkar's Bharat Ratna.
Chief Justice AM.Khanwilkar and Justice KK. Trivedi of MP High Court on Thursday issued directive for Assistant Solicitor General to explore any Supreme Court guidelines for Bharat Ratna awardees and get back to them in a week's time.
He said Sachin should return back the award
VK.Naswah of Bhopal in his petition alleged that Sachin after accomplishing so much in his profession is now using his Bharat Ratna for commercial purposes. He said Sachin is endorsing ads and this is against Bharat Ratna tenets. He said Sachin should return back the award of court should strip him off the award.
