New Delhi: Arrogance and misbehaviour cannot be tolerated, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday in a stern message after senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya's MLA son allegedly assaulted a government official. According to sources, he told the BJP parliamentary party meeting that "whoever it may be, whoever's son he may be... such arrogance, misbehaviour cannot be tolerated" and action should be taken against them. "Manmaani nahi chalegi," he said in Hindi, meaning one cannot get away with doing whatever he or she wishes.

Speaking to reporters, BJP MP and spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy quoted Modi as saying that such conduct was "totally unacceptable". Asked if the prime minister also suggested disciplinary action, he answered in affirmative. "He said if somebody behaves in such a way, then action should be taken against him. He made his feelings clear," Rudy said. Sources said Modi also made a reference to BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya's brazen defence of his attack on officials with a cricket bat with the boast "pahle nivedan, phir aavedan, phir danadan" (first request, then application, then attack), saying such a conduct is unacceptable.