Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Thursday said a tweet from her Twitter handle which had triggered a controversy over use of objectionable language was posted by a Shiv Sena activist in a "fit of anger".

Talking to reporters here, Pednekar, a Shiv Sena leader, said while she was attending a function in the Bandra-Kurla Complex here on Wednesday, her mobile phone was handed over to a party activist who posted the tweet.