Mumbai: An Aam Aadmi Party functionary on Thursday lodged a police complaint against former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya for his alleged objectionable tweet describing voters of a particular community as "Bangladeshis".

According to the complaint lodged by AAP's Mumbai joint secretary Sajid Khan at Shivaji Nagar police station, Somaiya in his "hateful" tweet allegedly claimed that BJP's Mihir Kotecha is the Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate from the Mumbai North East Lok Sabha seat. Sanjay lost to Dina Patil. Because "Bangladeshis" of Mankhurd and Shivaji Nagar voted against the saffron party.

The AAP leader, through a tweet, demanded strict action against Somaiya for allegedly creating communal disharmony and attempting to polarise.