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- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Chennai

AMIDST talks about the next president of the state unit of the BJP, the party on Thursday invited nominations from the party functionaries who aspire to contest for the position of state president and national executive member.

M Chakravarthi, state vice president and election officer, in a statement here, said the organisational election of the state unit has reached the final phase since the elections from the branch level to the district president and state general council members have been completed. "Now we are inviting nominations for the final phase - the elections for the positions of state president and national executive committee members," he said.