While he is already facing a police complaint filed by the Election Commission (EC), Congress candidate Milind Deora will now battle a Rs 50 crore defamation suit too. After he alleged Shiv Sena had hurt the religious sentiments of the Jain community by 'cooking meat' outside a Jain temple during Paryushan, the party has filed the defamation suit in the metropolitan magistrate court and complained to the cyber crime cell and the city collector. EC's complaint is against the same statement made by Deora.

When he was campaigning in the Zaveri Bazaar area on April 4, Deora had appealed to the Jain community to not vote for Sena since the party had hurt their religious sentiments by claiming Sena workers had cooking meat outside Jain temples during Paryushan. The act was, in fact, committed by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).