New Delhi, March 24 -- Shashi Tharoor had playfully barbed a congratulatory message for Rajeev Chandrasekhar after the latter was elected as Kerala BJP Chief, 'Looking forward to crossing swords again!' Former Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar has been unanimously elected as the BJP president of Kerala.

Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor had defeated Rajeev Chandrasekar to a Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 16,077 votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Union Minister Prahlad Joshi officially made the official announcement on Monday. "Rajeev Chandrasekhar has been elected unanimously," Joshi said.

Over the weekend, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) central leadership put forward the name...