Hyderabad, June 29 -- The new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana president is likely to be announced within a week as the internal election for it is all set to be held on July 1. Votes are likely to be cast on the same day and the result could also be out on the same day, but the final decisioncould take a day or two more. The decision for a new state head has been pending for about a year.

Many names are circulating and the strong contenders for the Telangana BJP president are believed to be former MLC Ram Chander Rao, MalkajgiriMP Eatala Rajender, Nizamabad MP D Arvind and Union minister and ex-Telangana president Bandi Sanjay Kumar.

"It was a matter of the other state president elections also being elected simultaneously. The na...