NEW DELHI: BJP central leadership intervened on Monday and waved the whip at MLA Surendra Singh for his statements about the shooting incident in the Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.
National President BJP JP Nadda has asked the head of the party in Uttar Pradesh Swatantra dev singh to relay it to the MLA to stay away from the investigation, the sources said.
This comes a day after the MLA met Swatantra Dev Singh in Lucknow after being subpoenaed for his statements in connection with the Ballia incident in which a man was killed after bullets were fired during a meeting for the assignment of shops under the government fee, in Durjanpur village.
“BJP National Chairman JP Nadda spoke with UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh and expressed his disgust at MLA Surendra Singh’s remarks regarding the Ballia incident. He asked the party’s UP chief to be to communicate it to MLA Surendra Singh to stay away from the investigation, “BJP sources told ANI.
On 16 October, the day after a local BJP leader, Dhirendra Pratap Singh, in Ballia district, allegedly shot dead the man, BJP MLA Surendra Singh condemned the administration’s “one-sided” investigation.
“The incident is disturbing. It should not have happened, but I condemn the administration’s unilateral investigation. No one is looking at the pain of six women who were injured in the incident. Dhirendra Singh fired in self-defense,” he added. Surendra had said.
“How can I deny that he is my close collaborator? Not only mine, but also a close collaborator of BJP since his family votes for us and he worked for us in the polls. Everyone who votes for us is a collaborator But I’m sorry about the incident and the administration’s unilateral investigation, “he added.
The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) arrested the main defendant Dhirendra Pratap of Lucknow in connection with the Ballia dismissal case.
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