India, Oct. 31 -- Senior Congress leader and former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin was on Friday sworn in as a minister in the Telangana state cabinet headed by chief minister A Revanth Reddy.

State governor Jishnu Dev Varma administered the oath of office and secrecy to Azharuddin at the Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad.

Apart from the chief minister, all his cabinet colleagues, senior Congress leaders, state assembly speaker G Prasad Kumar, government advisors and senior IAS and IPS officers were also present at the event.

Azharuddin took the oath in English in the name of "Allah" and raised "Jai Telangana" and "Jai Hind" slogans after being sworn in. Later, he greeted the governor and the chief minister with bouquets and thanked ...