Thiruvananthapuram: The national leadership of the BJP, on Saturday, named  K. Surendran as its new president of the Kerala unit.

"I will do my best and do justice in the faith that the leadership of the party has placed on me by strengthening the party here." said Surendran to the media.

The post has been lying vacant since incumbent president P.S. Sreedharan Pillai demitted the post after being appointed as Governor of Mizoram, late last year.