Former Indian cricket captain and senior Congress leader Mohammed Azharuddin officially took oath as a minister in the Telangana Cabinet on Friday, marking a significant political milestone in his career. The oath-taking ceremony was held at Raj Bhavan, where Governor Jishnu Dev Varma administered the oath of office and secrecy.
Azharuddin, who took the oath in the name of Allah, concluded with slogans of “Jai Telangana” and “Jai Hind.” The ceremony was attended by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, and several senior ministers and Congress leaders, including Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, Legislative Council Chairman G. Sukhender Reddy, and TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud.
His son, Mohammed Asaduddin, recently appointed as the General Secretary of the TPCC, was also present at the event.
The Telangana Cabinet had earlier decided to nominate Azharuddin as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) under the Governor’s quota in August. He is expected to be assigned the Minority Welfare portfolio.
Azharuddin, currently the Working President of the Telangana Congress and a member of its Political Affairs Committee, becomes the first Muslim minister in Revanth Reddy’s Cabinet. With his induction, the Cabinet’s strength has now increased to 16 members.
Political analysts view Azharuddin’s inclusion as a strategic move by the Congress to reach out to Muslim voters, particularly in the Jubilee Hills constituency, which is heading for a bye-election on November 11. Muslims constitute nearly 30% of the electorate in this area.
However, the BJP criticized the move, claiming that the Cabinet expansion violated the Model Code of Conduct, as it was intended to influence voters ahead of the bypoll.
Azharuddin previously served as an MP from Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) in 2009 and later contested from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan) in 2014. He has been with the Congress since 2009 and was appointed as the Working President of Telangana Congress in 2018.
With his swearing-in, Azharuddin now steps into a new political innings — this time, from within the Telangana government, as part of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s expanding Cabinet.
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