The Shiv Sena today announced the appointment of the Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut as the chief spokesperson of the party, an official statement from the party said.

Raut is also the executive editor of Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana'.

The Rajya Sabha member recently got into a war of words with Kangana Ranaut over her comments comparing Mumbai to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). He even said she should stay out of Mumbai.

Besides, Raut will be leading a team of Lok Sabha members Arvind Sawant and Dhairyasheel Mane, Rajya Sabha member Priyanka Chaturvedi, Maharashtra ministers Uday Samant, Anil Parab, Gulabrao Patil, MLAs Sunil Prabhu, and Pratap Sarnaik, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar, and senior leader Neelam Gorhe who were also nominated as the party's spokespersons, it said.