New Delhi, April 4 -- Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Friday said that the party's next BJP chief will be elected unanimously and that he is not in the race for the same.

"There is no contest in Tamil Nadu BJP, we will select a leader unanimously. But I am not in the race. I am not in the BJP state leadership race," he said.

"In BJP, leaders don't compete for a party leader post. We all jointly elect a party president. I'm not in that race for that post," K Annamalai said on Friday, firmly ruling himself out of running for party's Tamil Nadu state presidency.

Speaking to the media in Coimbatore, Annamalai said: "I want the party to have a bright future. Many have given their lives for the growth of this party. I always wish the bes...