Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 -- Former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar submitted his nomination on Sunday for the position of Kerala BJP president, media reports said.

As the only contender, he is likely to be elected unopposed to head the state unit, India Today reported.

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, who oversees the party's organisational elections in Kerala, will formally announce the decision.

The tenure of the current Kerala BJP chief, K Surendran, has already ended.

Following the loss, he acknowledged the BJP's failure to retain its core vote base and took full responsibility for the setback as state president.

Chandrasekhar, an alumnus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, also served as Minister of State for Jal Shakt...