Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 24 (UNI) Former Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar was officially announced as the new President of the Kerala BJP by Union Minister Prahlad Joshi here on Monday.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar was also handed over the party flag by outgoing state president K Surendran and Prahlad Joshi, who is also party's election observer, after the party State council meeting this afternoon.
The announcement took place in the presence of senior national BJP leaders Prakash Javadekar and Aparajita Sarangi, co-returning officer, and Narayanan Namboothiri, returning officer.