<p>The Congress in Telangana has invited former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin to contest the next state Assembly election, due in 2019, reports PTI from Hyderabad.<br /><br />"We are inviting him (Azharuddin)," state Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy said.<br /><br />Reddy said he invited Azharuddin after the former cricketer expressed his readiness to play an active role in Telangana.<br /><br />"If we work together again, our Congress government will come in Telangana," Azharuddin said at a public event here on Thursday.<br /><br />To this, Reddy then said, "I am inviting you, in Telangana, whichever MP or MLA...you want to contest. We will call you to contest."<br /><br />The state Congress would like Azharuddin to contest the polls in Telangana and also campaign for the party, he said.<br /><br />Azharuddin, who is from Hyderabad, had earlier served as a Congress MP from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh.<br /><br />He unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Rajasthan.</p>
<p>The Congress in Telangana has invited former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin to contest the next state Assembly election, due in 2019, reports PTI from Hyderabad.<br /><br />"We are inviting him (Azharuddin)," state Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy said.<br /><br />Reddy said he invited Azharuddin after the former cricketer expressed his readiness to play an active role in Telangana.<br /><br />"If we work together again, our Congress government will come in Telangana," Azharuddin said at a public event here on Thursday.<br /><br />To this, Reddy then said, "I am inviting you, in Telangana, whichever MP or MLA...you want to contest. We will call you to contest."<br /><br />The state Congress would like Azharuddin to contest the polls in Telangana and also campaign for the party, he said.<br /><br />Azharuddin, who is from Hyderabad, had earlier served as a Congress MP from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh.<br /><br />He unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Rajasthan.</p>