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.
MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande has criticized Pednekar's tweet. Sandeep Deshpande took to Twitter to lash out at Mumbai Mayor. He wrote that Pednekar was pointed out for her mistake and she put the blame on party worker, nowonwards she should follow my mobile, my responsibility".
"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.