HYDERABAD: Hinting that former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin will be the Congress candidate for the by-election to Telangana Assembly from the Jubilee Hills constituency, Telangana Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said on Tuesday that the party will not field any outsider.
Ponnam Prabhakar, who is in-charge minister for Hyderabad, told a press conference in the presence of Azharuddin that the party leadership would decide the candidate.
He said a leader from the constituency would be fielded as the Congress candidate. He made it clear that outsiders will not have any chance of getting a party ticket.
The Minister for Backward Classes Welfare and Transport said the party cadres would work unitedly for the victory of whosoever is fielded by the party high command.
He exuded confidence that the Congress party will hoist its flag in the Jubilee Hills constituency.