mumbai as a newly appointed rajya sabha mp from the city sachin tendulkar has a great task ahead of him he joins a decent list of celebrities from mumbai who have been nominated to parliament and can learn from what they have done for the city and better their recordlike he does in cricket i too was nominated to the rajya sabha for my association with sports said actorwrestler dara singh who utilized mp funds for road repairs in juhuhis area i am sure sachin tendulkar will work for the city especially for sports which i feel is something that needs to be developed right from the school level something not done properly shyam benegal whose rajya sabha tenure ended last december focused on health and education projects and not only in the city but also in other parts of the country we are here in the role of cultural ambassadors one need not necessarily utilize funds for city roads which is actually the bmcs job he said benegal feels sachin need not attend parliament regularly but should help promote sports across the country according to lyricist javed akhtar another nominated mp to the rajya sabha the term celebrity mp is articulated with a bit of cynicism i believe that people who are prominent in their profession anybody whose contribution is appreciated in society will be able to voice concerns about that vocation in the rajya sabha people in arts have a broad vision be it any vocation a nominated mp should have a connect with people a certain sensitivity said akhtar who is planning to utilize rs 28 crore of mplad funds for his vision juhu project which aims at opening 10 km of open space starting from one end of juhu beach shabana azmi who was a rajya sabha nominated mp from 1997 to 2003 utilized mplad funds for development work in slums setting up balwadis and improving the citys coastline she also took help from various citizens groups in bandra for the bandstand seafront restoration and redevelopment project the carter road promenade development project and for the beautification of lands end and juhu beach at juhu beach access was blocked and the sea was invisible because of food stalls the beach was made inaccessible for proceedings regarding important festivals like ganesh chaturthi and chaat puja again with active participation from citizens we fought in the supreme court to pursue development of the beach we were even attacked by political parties but we did not give up star tenures sachin tendulkar 2012 rekha 2012 javed akhtar 2012 shyam benegal 200611 dara singh 200309 hema malini 200309 lata mangeshkar 19992005 shabana azmi 19972003