Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar has given an explanation on the offensive tweet. "An activist had tweeted it from my mobile". It was the anger of Shiv Sainiks, but it was wrong. I have expelled him ", informed Mayor Kishori Pednekar in a press conference in Mumbai.
Kishori Pednekar had informed that 9 companies had responded to the BMC's global tender for the supply of 1 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses and their documents are under scrutiny. A Twitter user had questioned about the status of the BMC's global Covid-19 vaccine supply contract on the social media platform.
Tuzya Bapala" (to your father) replied Pednekar when a Twitter user asked "Contract Konala dila??" (To whom contract has been given?) while commenting on a Marathi news channel's tweet regarding the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) global tender on Covid-19 vaccine supply.
After Kishori Pednekar's tweet, there was a lot of discussion on social media and the mayor was criticized. Pednekar has now given an explanation about the incident that took place today. "I didn't write anything on Twitter. My worker had my mobile in his hand. When the program started in Bandra BKC, I handed him my mobile. I immediately deleted that tweet. The Shiv Sainik activist expressed his anger, but it was wrong. I have now learned a kind of lesson from this case. I will take care of this in the future ", explained Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar.
Pednekar later deleted the tweet, but by that time it had gone viral on social media platforms. Opposition parties lashed out at the mayor."Being the first citizen of Mumbai, citizens expect civilised and cultured language (from her) in public domain," Bhalchandra Shirsat, a BJP corporator, said.