Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has sought an apology from Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut over her comments on Mumbai, where she compared the city to Pakistan occupied Kashmir, news agency PTI reported.

The actor had recently posted a tweet saying, “Sanjay Raut Shiv Sena leader has given me an open threat and asked me not to come back to Mumbai, after Aazadi graffitis in Mumbai streets and now open threats, why Mumbai is feeling like Pakistan occupied Kashmir?”

This resulted in people, including actors and politicians, calling her out. Raut was even heard verbally abusing the actor on a TV channel.

According to PTI, Raut, when asked if he would apologise for his comments, Raut told reporters, “Anybody who lives and works here and speaks ill of Mumbai, Maharashtra and Marathi people, I would say apologise first”.

“If that girl (Actor Kangana Ranaut) will apologise to Maharashtra, then I will think about it (of apologising). She calls Mumbai a mini Pakistan. Does she have the courage to say the same about Ahmedabad,” news agency ANI further quoted Raut, as saying.

Kangana in her initial tweet had tagged a September 1 news report where Raut purportedly said she should not come back to Mumbai if she was afraid of the city police.

The Rajya Sabha member on Friday urged the Maharashtra government to take against people defaming the city police.

He had also asked Ranaut to tour the PoK first to see the situation prevailing there.

Ranaut, who is currently in her home state Himachal Pradesh, also tweeted that she will be returning to Mumbai on September 9 and dared anyone to stop her.