New Delhi, Jan 21: Will former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin join Congress party and contest the Lok Sabha elections from Hyderabad?

The question is doing the rounds at the AICC headquarters here with the party getting"feelers"from the wristy Hyderabad and India batsman for joining the party.

AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh said Azhar"is most welcome in the party."Singh, however, sidestepped queries whether he would contest the coming elections from Hyderabad.

When contacted, AICC in-charge of Andhra Pradesh M Veerappa Moily said that so far the batsman had not met him.

"A third person had approached us and said Azharuddin wanted to join Congress.

"He has not met me so far.It is up to him to take a decision," Moily said. PTI AMI SPG