Hyderabad: Former Team India captain Mohammed Azharuddin is poised to become a minister in the Telangana government.

According to party Congress party sources, the 62-year-old cricketer-turned-politician could be sworn in as a member of chief minister Revanth Reddy’s cabinet on Friday itself. ADVERTISEMENT

The move, aimed at addressing Congress’ lack of Muslim representation in the cabinet, comes at a strategic moment — just days before the Jubilee Hills by-election.

As campaign for the November 11 Jubilee Hills by-election intensifies, Azhar’s possible induction into the Telangana cabinet has, however, been strongly opposed by the BJP.

So much so that the saffron party’s Telangana unit has lodged an official complaint to the Election Commission of India (ECI).

BJP has said Congress’

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