Selangor Umno grassroots leaders are now being directed to sign a declaration supporting Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's leadership, claimed a party branch leader.

Teratai Umno branch chief Hashim Abdul Karim said his branch had just received the written declaration prepared by Umno Selangor.

He said some 5,000 branch chiefs throughout Selangor are understood to have signed the declaration supporting Najib as the prime minister and the party president.