Decision to induct Azharuddin in Congress soon: Moily

May 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress spokesperson Veerappa Moily Wednesday said his party will not form any alliance that will upset its poll partner Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. 'We won't do anything which will upset the Trinamool,' Moily told reporters here.

April 2nd, 2009 BANGALORE - Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister, M Veerappa Moily, today filed his nomination for Lok Sabha elections as a Congress candidate from Chikballapur constituency. Earlier in the day, he resigned as the Chairman of the Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC).

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin was Friday given the Congress ticket from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh. Congress leader Anand Sharma told reporters that Azharuddin would contest the Lok Sabha polls from Moradabad.

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin was Friday given the Congress ticket for the Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Minister of State for External Affairs and also Information and Broadcasting Anand Sharma told reporters that Azharuddin would be contesting from Moradabad.

March 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - After Mohammed Azharuddin, it was the turn of another former India cricketer Madan Lal to join the Congress Party. The all-rounder joined the party at a function in the capital Saturday.

March 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former cricketer Madan Lal Saturday joined the Congress and was fielded as the party nominee from Hamirpur constituency in Himachal Pradesh. The all-rounder, who was part of the World Cup winning Indian squad of 1983, joined the party at a function here.

March 21st, 2009 LUCKNOW - Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin may contest the Lok Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh, Congress state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi said Friday. 'Azhar has desired to contest from the state,' the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president told reporters here.

March 18th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Former India cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin, who recently joined the Congress party, has not found a place in the list of candidates finalised by the party for all 42 Lok Sabha seats from the state. The former cricketer Tuesday told reporters that he would like to focus on campaigning for the party rather than contesting elections.

February 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin, who will be formally inducted into the Congress party Thursday, says he is confident the party would put up a good show in Andhra Pradesh in the upcoming general elections. 'I am sure it (Congress) will do well.

February 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin Thursday joined the Congress but there was no decision on whether he will contest the upcoming elections, the party clarified while the ace bat quipped that he couldn't decide because he wasn't 'captain anymore'. Congress leader Veerappa Moily, in charge of party affairs in Andhra Pradesh, said formal membership of the party had been given to the Hyderabad-based cricketer, who was removed from the team after his alleged involvement in match fixing.

February 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's former cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin has formally joined the Congress party, party leaders confirmed Thursday. Formal membership of the party had been given to the cricketer, who was removed from the team after his alleged involvement in match fixing, Congress leader Veerappa Moily told reporters.

January 21st, 2009 HYDERABAD - Giving a fillip to speculation that he may be joining the Congress party, former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin Thursday met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and other top leaders of the ruling party.

January 21st, 2009 HYDERABAD - Former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin Thursday met senior Congress leader M. Veerappa Moily, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin may join the Congress and contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. 'The party's general secretary in-charge of Andhra Pradesh Veerappa Moily has informed us that talks with him (Azharuddin) are on to induct him in the party,' union minister and senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes told reporters here.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin may join the Congress and contest the Lok Sabha elections on its ticket from his home state Andhra Pradesh. 'The party's general secretary in-charge of Andhra Pradesh Veerappa Moily has informed us that talks with him (Azharuddin) are on to induct him in the party,' Congress leader Oscar Fernandes told reporters.