Kirit Somaiya, the BJP MP from Mumbai North-East, today filed a defamation suit against Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana', its editor and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut and printer-publisher Rajendra Bhagwat for carrying articles allegedly tarnishing his image.

Somaiya has demanded Rs one crore in damages.

He has also made Kalpana Inamdar, who, at a press conference, had made some allegations against Somaiya which the Saamana articles carried, a defendant in his suit which would come up before the Bombay High Court in due course.