India, Oct. 3 -- Gujarat's minister of state (MoS) Jagdish Vishwakarma is set to become the new Bharatiya Janata Party's Gujarat unit president after he submitted his nomination papers.

Vishwakarma filed his nomination at the party headquarters in Gandhinagar on Friday.

According to party officials aware of the details, no other nominations were received, positioning Vishwakarma for an uncontested election. The formal declaration is scheduled for Saturday.

The development follows a process initiated earlier this week with a notification for internal elections, with the nomination window closing on Friday.

With Vishwakarma's solitary entry, no voting will take place, and he is set to assume the role immediately after the session, said ...