Hyderabad, Nov. 4 -- Congress leader Mohammad Azharuddin, who was recently sworn in as Minister in the Telangana Cabinet, has been allocated the Public Enterprises and Minorities Welfare portfolios, an order by Chief Secretary K Ramkrishna Rao said.

The Public Enterprises portfolio was earlier held by the Chief Minister, Revanth Reddy, while the Minorities Welfare subject was held by Minister Adluri Laxman Kumar.

Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin was sworn in as a minister in the Telangana Cabinet on Friday. Governor Jishnu Dev Verma administered the oath of office and secrecy to him at a ceremony held in the Raj Bhavan.

With his induction, the number of Ministers in the Revanth Reddy cabinet went up to 16. The total pe...