The PM adhered faithfully to a well-planned script, alternately making passionate pleas for peace and talking tough. He was deeply ashamed, desperately hurt and firmly resolved to bring evil-doers to justice, he said. He rapped Modi sharply on the knuckles: "CM ke liye ek message hai, ki woh raj dharma ka paalan kare (there is one message for the CM and that is, he should follow the raj dharma).... By raj dharma I mean there should be no difference between caste and caste, between religion and religion...." But he had ruled out a change of CM earlier, saying "Sambhavana nahin hai (it’s not likely)."