New Delhi, Feb 19: Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin is all set to join the Congress Party.

The All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Veerrappa Moily, in an interview to Times Now declared on Thursday that Azharuddin would be given primary membership in the party.

However, they are still to decide the constituency from where he will contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

New Delhi, Jan 24, : Senior Congress leader, Veerappa Moily said on Saturday that Congress will decide soon about former Indian Cricket Captain, Mohammed Azharuddin's desire to join the Congress party.

Moily said, "Azharuddin met Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Pradesh Congress Committee President and me, three days ago and expressed his desire to join the Congress Party."

Moily, who is in charge of Andhra Pradesh in the All India Congress Committee acknowledged that if Congress approves, Mohammed Azharuddin could stand from the Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency.