Hyderabad: Congress MLC Mohammad Azharuddin will be inducted into the cabinet and is likely to be sworn in as minister on Friday, October 31, at 12:15 pm at Raj Bhavan.

The decision comes after the state government proposed the former Indian cricket captain, News Editor of The Siasat Daily, Amer Ali Khan and Prof M Kodandaram’s names as MLCs in the Governor’s quota.

According to political experts, Azharuddin’s inclusion in the cabinet is aimed at appealing to minority voters, who form a majority in the Jubilee Hills assembly constituency where bypolls are due.

In the 2023 Telangana elections, he contested as a Congress candidate but lost to late BRs leader Maganti Gopinath, whose recent demise has necessitated the by election.

After quitting cricket, Azharuddin began his political car

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