LUCKNOW, Dec. 12 -- The much-awaited election of Uttar Pradesh's BJP unit new chief will take place on December 14 (Sunday) in presence of central election officer and Union minister Piyush Goyal.

Former Union minister and BJP's state organisational election officer Mahendra Nath Pandey late on Thursday night announced that nomination papers for the election of the state president will be filed at the party's state headquarters from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm on December 13 in the presence of party's national general secretary and central election observer Vinod Tawde.

The election process will be completed and the state president will be elected on December 14 by central election officer Piyush Goyal. The incumbent UP BJP chief Bhupendra Singh...