JOIN USActor Rekha has completed three years as a nominated MP but every time she walks into Rajya Sabha, the Parliamentarians get excited and would not let go of an opportunity to talk to her.
It was the same on Monday, her 12th appearance in 202 days of Parliament’s working days after she took an oath in May 2012, as some of the MPs utilised a 15-minute adjournment during the Question Hour to take photos with her.
The actor, who came to Parliament for the first time during the second leg of Budget session, was chatting with another nominated MP Anu Agha when Congress members Kumari Selja and Rajani Patil walked to Seat No 99, Rekha’s designated seat.
Soon Human Resoruce Development Minister Smriti Irani and another Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury also joined them.
However, the unscheduled “photo session” started when Patil asked Selja to click her photo with Rekha. Soon a few women MPs like Vijayalakshmi Sadho and Wansuk Syiem went to her seat with their mobile phones and sought help from other MPs like Chowdhary to click their photos with Rekha.
Congress MPs Digvijay Singh and Rajiv Shukla also had a brief chat with Rekha, who was in the House for less than 30 minutes.
Her erratic presence in the House was subject of criticism by MPs. She has company in cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who had attended 10 out of 198 sittings after he took oath.