I am no sacrificial goat: Azhar

Mohammed Azharuddin is livid over speculation that he was being made a “sacrificial goat” in Tonk-Sawai Madhopur constituency in Rajasthan after the former Indian cricket captain did not want to return to Moradabad from where he had entered the Lok Sabha five years ago.

Azhar looked visibly unhappy when asked why he has been shifted from Moradabad, in Uttar Pradesh, to the twin towns of Tonk-Sawai Madhopur and said it was not that he wanted the shift, it was the party’s decision. “I am no sacrificial goat, I have no reason to leave Moradabad. I have done good work there, created infrastructure worth crores of rupees in the last five years. I have helped a lot of people get jobs and treated serious ailments,” Azhar said.