Chandigarh, Aug. 6 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday unanimously picked 21 of the 37 district presidents, paving the way for the election of the next state chief.

As per the party's constitution, election of at least 50% district presidents is necessary to formally conduct the poll of the state president.

The party's state unit on Tuesday wrote to national organisational secretary BL Santosh for a schedule to elect the next state president.

If all goes as per the party's plan, present working president Ashwani Sharma will return as the regular state president, replacing Sunil Jakhar, who has already expressed his inability to lead the state unit before the party high command.

Even as 21 district presidents have been elected unan...