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Shive-Sena extend
supports to Pranab for presidency
Tuesday June 19, 2012 11:29:36 AM,
IANS
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Mumbai: The Shiv Sena,
a key constituent of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led opposition
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Tuesday announced unconditional
support to Congress presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee.
Party chief Bal Thackeray, in a statement here not only announced
Shiv Sena's support to Mukherjee, but also asked all political
parties to help elect him (Mukherjee) country's 13th president
unanimously.
"Let bygones be bygones. It is now time to think in terms of
national interest. Let us all support Pranab Mukherjee unanimously
and show to the world we are united," Thackeray urged in a signed
statement this morning in party mouthpiece 'Saamna'.
Shiv Sena is a key constituent of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led
opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which had been
toying with the idea of putting up its own candidate to challenge
Mukherjee.
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