India, March 24 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Chintamani Malviya, who stunned his party last week by publicly criticising the state government's plan to set up a 3,300 hectare spiritual city in Ujjain, on Monday that his statement in the Madhya Pradesh assembly was "final".

"It is not in my nature to apologise," the legislator said when asked if he regretted his statement in the assembly on Saturday after his party's sharp reaction.

On Sunday, Madhya Pradesh BJP president VD Sharma said the party has issued notice to the lawmaker.

"For the past few days, you have been criticising the government in public places. And your statements and actions are constantly hurting the reputation of the party. This conduct of yours has an...