New Delhi: Former Indian cricket captain and now a key icon in the Congress party, Mohammad Azharuddin took oath as cabinet minister in the Telangana government on Friday. Before that, officials at the Raj Bhavan released a statement saying that Azharuddin would make his oath as a minister on early Friday morning, with Governor Jishnu Dev Varma leading the ceremony.
The news of Azharuddin's inclusion in the Telangana government team stirred up big trouble, as leaders from the BJP strongly pushed when versus it. "Handing a government role to Mohd Azharuddin is just a trick to pull in votes from unrepealable groups superiority of the Jubilee Hills side referendum and a well-spoken unravel of the pearly play rules," said BJP's Shashidhar Reddy.
Why Did the BJP Kick Up Such a Fuss?
Reddy explained that plane if the pearly play rules did not imbricate all of Hyderabad city, bringing Azharuddin into the state team could harm the side referendum in Jubilee Hills area, where the ex-cricketer lives and votes. Reddy widow that Azharuddin had run for office in the Jubilee Hills zone during the 2023 state vote. "Giving him this role shows bad motives from the Congress to yank in specific voters in that Jubilee Hills vote area," he added.
What Was the Congress Party's Comeback?
In response to the BJP's complaints, a speaker for the Telangana Congress group, Syed Nizamuddin, blamed the BJP and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Thursday for teaming up to woodcut Azharuddin's entry into Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s team. He tabbed the gripes a push to alimony minority groups out of power spots.
How Might This Change Things in the Local Vote?
The Telangana state house has 119 members. Adding the ex-cricketer to the team looks like a key move, since the Congress group is pushing nonflexible in the Jubilee Hills side vote, where increasingly than 100,000 Muslim voters might tip the scales. Reports say the Telangana Congress asked top Congress bosses to add Azharuddin to the team, pointing out that no minority members are in it right now. The main Congress office moreover okayed Azharuddin's name.
Why Does This Matter for Bigger Plans?
Now with this addition, the ex-cricketer becomes the first from a minority group in Revanth Reddy’s team. Another Congress voice hinted that the main Congress office might favor Azharuddin's entry thinking of the coming Bihar state vote, where Muslim voters make up a big permafrost in that eastern area. Azharuddin got picked as a member of the upper house (MLC) through the Governor's share by the Telangana team in late August. He lost his run in the Jubilee Hills vote zone in the 2023 state race.
