Ballia (Uttar Pradesh), Oct. 18 -- : Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Swatantra Dev Singh on Sunday summoned party MLA Surendra Singh over his statements in connection with Ballia incident, in which a local BJP leader allegedly shot dead a man called for a meeting over allotment of shops under government quota.

On October 16, a day after a local BJP leader Dhirendra Pratap Singh in Ballia district allegedly shot dead the man, BJP MLA Surendra Singh condemned the "one-sided" investigation of the administration.

"The incident is upsetting. It should not have taken place but I condemn the one-sided investigation of the administration. Nobody is looking at the pain of six women who have been injured in the incident. Dhirendra Singh ...