AAP's Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi, Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav, TMC's Mamata Banerjee and Mahua Moitra, Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Uddhav Thackeray, Congress' Shashi Tharoor, CPI(M)'s John Brittas and NCP-SP's Rohit Pawar backed Sonam Wangchuk. Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Shabana Azmi, Zeenat Aman, Omi Vaidya, Swara Bhasker, Prakash Raj, Abhay Deol and Vir Das also extended support.