HYDERABAD, OCTOBER 31, 2025: Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma administered the oath of office to former cricketer and MLC Mohd Azharuddin as the Minister in the state cabinet at Raj Bhavan on Friday.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy congratulated Mohd Azharuddin on being sworn in as a Minister in his cabinet. Other cabinet ministers, officials and leaders also congratulated Azharuddin.
The former India cricket captain, who joined the Congress in 2009, began his political career by winning the Moradabad Lok Sabha seat, but lost from Tonk–Sawai Madhopur in 2014. In 2018, he was appointed Working President of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) before contesting the 2023 Assembly election from Jubilee Hills assembly constituency.
