Hyderabad, Oct. 29 -- Senior Congress leader and former cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin is likely to be inducted into the Telangana Cabinet. He may be sworn in as a Minister on October 31, according to party sources.

However, there is no official confirmation over the cabinet expansion so far..

Azar, who unsuccessfully contested the Telangan Assembly polls in 2023 when he lost from the Jubilee hills Constitutnecy, sought to contest in Jubilee Hills byelection again, but was recently nominated to the State Legislative Council along with Telangana Jana Samithi chief Prof M Kodandaram under the Governor's quota.

While Governor Jishnu Dev Varma is yet to clear the file, the party sources said if it is rejected, Azhar, also a former President o...