On Wednesday 5th June, 2024 in morning, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, analysing the defeat of his party’s candidate Mihir Kotecha from Mumbai North East, ascribed it to the heavy voting in Mankhurd, which he described as a “Bangladeshi area”.

Somaiya’s tweet said: “Reality. The BJP’s Mihir Kotecha lost by 29,861 votes. He trailed in Mankhurd by 87,971 votes. He led from Mulund to Ghatkopar by 58,110 votes. In the Mankhurd Assembly segment (Bangladeshi area), Uddhav Thackeray Sena got 1,16,072 votes while the BJP got 28,101 votes. We lost in the Bangladeshi area.”

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“For an ex-MP to describe a territory of India as a territory of Bangladesh shows disrespect to us, and to the armed forces. It is an anti-national act,”

This is not the first time such remarks have been made for the residents of Govandi and Mankhurd. In February, a group of citizens from Govandi had written to the Supreme Court asking it to take suo moto notice of remarks made by BJP Kankavli MLA Nitesh Rane wherein he had alleged that the police in Govandi and Mankhurd had allowed “Rohingyas to settle illegally” there. The letter was sent after the police had failed to take any action against Rane despite written complaints.

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Petitioner Seeks A Cognizable Complaint of Spreading Communal Enmity U/S 153-A, Intending to outrage the religious feeling and sentiments of any class by insulting its religion or religious belief U/S 295-A, Criminal Intimidation U/S 504 & Common Intention U/S 34 of Indian Penal Code against Kirit Somaiya.