Newly inducted cabinet minister and ex-Indian cricket team captain Mohammad Azharuddin was alloted the minorities and public enterprises portfolios by the Telangana government.

The public enterprises ministry was earlier held by chief minister Revanth Reddy, while fellow cabinet minister had held the minorities welfare portfolio

now.

Azharuddin was sworn in as a cabinet minister on October 31, and was the first Muslim face to be inducted into the Congress government in Telangana after it came to power in December 2023.

The ex-cricketer was appointed as an MLC weeks earlier and his appointment as a minister was imminent given that the ruling party had no Muslim face in the cabinet.

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