Shiv Sena to support Draupadi Murmu: Uddhav Thackeray

Thackeray said the Sena is announcing support to Murmu without any pressure. “Nobody pressured me in the meeting of Sena MPs,” he added.

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Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday announced that his party would support BJP’s presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu. Thackeray said that although the BJP was involved in splitting the party, the Sena would rise above party lines to support Murmu.

The Sena announcement was expected as a majority of the party’s Lok Sabha MPs wanted the Sena to support Murmu and there were fears that the party could face another rebellion, this time from the Lok Sabha MPs.

“We have decided that we would support Murmu’s candidature. I would like to state that we are not doing this, because of any supposed pressure from any quarters.


There was no pressure on us, our MPs, adivasi leaders and other cadres had expressed the wish that we should support Murmu’s candidature as she was from the Adivasi community and a woman,” said Thackeray.

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