A senior Liberal has rejected Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's accusations that he engaged in "cowardly and inappropriate behaviour" and has publicly called on the senator to apologise for the "ongoing harm" her remarks about Indian migrants have caused.

Alex Hawke, the manager of opposition business, has confirmed he called the Northern Territory senator's office on Wednesday after he saw her interview on the ABC's Afternoon Briefing program in which she claimed the government was bringing in "large numbers" of Indian migrants because they voted for the Labor Party.

Mr Hawke said he spoke to Senator Nampijinpa Price the following day, and in that conversation encouraged her to apologise and nip the story in the bud.

"I had the guts to ring her and say, 'I think you've got a problem and I thi

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