Archive · 17 Jan 2026
Ballia MP Angry Over Exclusion
A big event happened at a train station in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh.
The chief guest was a state minister, not the local MP, Sanatan Pandey.
He got very angry and said that usually, the local MP is the chief guest, even if they are from a different party.
He threatened to cause a scene and even said that officers should be 'beaten up with shoes' if they don't do their jobs.
Another MP from the BJP said that the chief guest was decided by a letter from the railway minister.
Ballia MP Sanatan Pandey expressed anger at not being made the chief guest at a railway event.
The chief guest was UP Minister Dayashankar Mishra ‘Dayalu’.
Pandey claimed that traditionally, the local MP is the chief guest for such events, regardless of party affiliation.
He threatened to cause a scene and said officers should be 'beaten up with shoes' if they don't do their jobs.
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Neeraj Shekhar stated that the chief guest was decided by a letter from the railway minister.
- Who
- Ballia MP Sanatan Pandey and UP Minister Dayashankar Mishra ‘Dayalu’
- What
- MP expressed anger at not being made chief guest at a railway event
- When
- Friday, January 17
- Where
- Phephna railway station, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh
- Why
- MP claimed that traditionally, the local MP is made chief guest for such events, regardless of party affiliation
- Event Location
- Phephna railway station, Ballia district
- Chief Guest
- Dayashankar Mishra ‘Dayalu’
- MP's Party
- Samajwadi Party (SP)
- MP's Name
- Sanatan Pandey
- Event Date
- Friday, January 17
- MP's Threat
- Beaten up with shoes
- BJP MP's Statement
- Chief guest decided by railway minister's letter