India, July 28 -- "I'll beat you with a shoe. Don't you know the MLA of your area ('Joota se maarunga, kheench ke')," a person who identifies himself as Bhai Virendra, an RJD MLA in Bihar, can be heard telling a panchayat secretary over a phone call.

The secretary, with his curt replies, proves to be spunkier than the 'sachiv' character from the viral hit series 'Panchayat'. A clip of the undated conversation is thus viral across social media platforms. HT has not independently verified it.

The confrontation begins as the secretary fails to recognise the person at the other end of the call.

"I will beat you with a shoe... Don't you know Bhai Virendra?" says the person, apparently the MLA Bhai Virendra of the RJD himself.

"You want me ...