Azharuddin may contest 2019 polls from Telangana

October 22, 2017 10:13

Former cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin has been invited by the Telangana Congress to contest the 2019 elections from the state.

The 54-year-old former Team India captain said he felt happy and honoured with the invitation extended to him by Telangana Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy, and that he would move ahead vis-a-vis his role in the party in consultation with the high command.

Azharuddin, a former Congress MP from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, said he already campaigns for the party at different places in the country.

Speaking at an event, Reddy invited Azharuddin to contest elections from the state, either for the post of MP or MLA, when the former cricketer expressed his readiness to work for the party in Telangana.

"If we work together again, our Congress government will come in Telangana," Azharuddin said at the public event yesterday. To this, Reddy said, "I am inviting you, in Telangana, whichever MP or MLA...you want to contest. We will call you to contest."

Azharuddin, who hails from Hyderabad, had unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Rajasthan.

The assembly elections in Telangana are scheduled to be held simultaneously with Lok Sabha polls in 2019.

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