Former Union Minister Rajiv Chandrashekhar has filed nomination papers for the post of President of Kerala unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Being the only nominated candidate, there is a strong possibility of his state president. Party sources gave this information. Sources said that a formal announcement can be made in this regard after the party’s state office council meeting on Monday.

Rajiv Chandrashekhar will be announced on Monday

According to sources, BJP’s central observer Prahlad Joshi will probably officially announce his appointment on Monday. On Sunday, Chandrashekhar filed two sets of nomination papers for this post at the state headquarters of BJP in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital.

State President K Surendran and senior BJP leaders Kummanam Rajasekharan, V Muralitharan, PK Krishnadas, MT Ramesh as well as Union Ministers Suresh Gopi and George Kurien were present on the occasion.

Rajiv Chandrashekhar has two decades political experience

60 -year -old Rajiv Chandrashekhar has a two -decade political experience. He has served as Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Water Power Departments. He has served as a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka and BJP’s national spokesperson three times. He is the vice president of the Kerala unit of NDA.

Shashi fought elections against Tharoor, lost by 16 thousand votes

Chandrashekhar, a popular face in Kerala, contested the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Thiruvananthapuram as the NDA candidate but lost to Shashi Tharoor of Congress by a margin of 16077 votes. Born in a family of Kerala origin in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Chandrashekhar has a family relationship with Thrissur.

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