Overview

• The AICC on June 9 announced 27 vice presidents and 69 general secretaries for the TPCC, naming Asaduddin Azharuddin to the new leadership team
• He left a first-class cricket career with teams like Hyderabad Colts XI and Goa to enter politics at age 35
• Asaduddin has cited Rahul Gandhi’s dedication to social justice and his father Mohammed Azharuddin’s political journey as driving forces for his shift
• Married to Anam Mirza, he describes his new role as a “big responsibility” and has pledged to serve Telangana communities in line with Congress ideology
• With the Jubilee Hills seat vacant after Maganti Gopinath’s death, party insiders are considering him as a potential bypoll candidate