President Election 2022: Uddhav Thackeray announced support for NDA's candidate Droupadi Murmu

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday announced that they will support National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Droupadi Murmu for Presidential elections 2022.

The Presidential election will be held on July 18, 2022, with the opposition putting up former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha as its common candidate to take on Murmu.

"Today we have different political views (with BJP) but Droupadi Murmu is a tribal woman and we support tribals. That's why we will vote in favour of Droupadi Murmu," said Shiv Sena leader



Aaditya Thackeray.

With this, the vote share of parties who have extended support to Murmu for the July 18 Presidential elections has crossed 60 per cent.

The Shiv Sena is virtually split into two factions, one led by Uddhav Thackeray, a former chief minister, and another by Eknath Shinde who became the CM last month with BJP support after his revolt against the former. The Shinde faction has already extended support to Murmu.

Thackeray said the Sena is announcing support for Murmu without any pressure.