Former Indian cricket captain and senior Congress leader Mohammad Azharuddin has been sworn in as a minister in the Telangana cabinet. Governor Jishnu Dev Verma administered the oath to the former cricketer at Raj Bhavan this morning. His induction fills a long-standing vacancy and provides the Congress government with its first Muslim representation in the cabinet. The Opposition in Telangana had framed the move as an electoral calculation aimed at the November 11 bypoll in the Jubilee Hills constituency, which has an estimated 30% Muslim electorate. Objecting to the timing of induction, the BJP had written to the Chief Electoral…
Ex-Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin sworn in as Minister
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