Defending BJP leader Dhirendra Singh, MLA Surendra Singh claimed that if he wouldn’t have shot in self-defence, dozens of people from his family would have been killed in Ballia. “If Dhirendra Singh wouldn’t have shot in self-defence, dozens of people from his family would have been killed. This incident must be condemned but keeping justice in mind,” said Singh after local leader allegedly shot dead a man during a meeting called for allotment of shops under government quota.