In an attempt to clear the controversy raised after a Twitter user received a reply in objectionable language from her official account, Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Thursday claimed the reply was posted by one of her party workers. She also said he has removed her reply from her post and henceforth will not hand over her mobile phone to anyone.

In an interview posted by a news channel on Twitter, the mayor had given information on the response to the tender of vaccines. After a Twitter user asked, “Contract konala dila??” (To whom has the contract been given?), “Tuzya Baapala” (to your father) Pednekar replied.