Mumbai: A farmer hanged himself from a tree today at Aam Aadmi Party's rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi just ahead of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's address on the controversial land bill. He was rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead.
Delhi CM Kejriwal slammed the police for not being able to stop the farmer who attempted suicide before his speech. The AAP chief began his speech after the farmer was taken to the hospital, when it was still not clear whether he had died.
“He climbed the tree in front of our eyes. We kept alerting the police about it. They should have had the humanity to save the farmer,” Kejriwal said at the beginning of his speech, adding, “This farmer has got the entire nation’s attention. We are here for him.”
The blame game has already begun with politicians cutting across party lines condemning the incident.
Social media has erupted in rage with the farmer committing suicide and no one making an attempt to save his life. This is how Twitter reacted.
The hashtag #AAPKisanRally is the number one trend in India on Twitter.
Dont want to politicize this but sad that such an environment has been created in nation, saddening: Sachin Pilot on Jantar Mantar incident
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 22, 2015I heard that the rally continue and no one tried to stop or save him (farmer): Sachin Pilot on Jantar Mantar incident pic.twitter.com/JoKWixKf5E
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 22, 2015Very painful to know that politics has become more important than human life: Sambit Patra on Jantar Mantar incident pic.twitter.com/3PDj3MWvpc
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 22, 2015The whole thing was recorded by the media but no leader from AAP got down from the stage: Sambit Patra on Jantar Mantar incident
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 22, 2015We want to ask AAP, why didnt they stop their speeches when they heard that the farmer had died: Sambit Patra on Jantar Mantar incident
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 22, 2015Humanity died right where revolutions took place: Sambit Patra on Jantar Mantar incident pic.twitter.com/NAl9ojT7on
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 22, 2015May god give strength to grief-stricken families of several Bihar districts to sustain loss of life caused by heavy storm: Arun Jaitley
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 22, 2015Disgusting to here that #AAPKisanRally continued for 70 min after farmer committed suicide. Kejriwal where is your humanity.
— maulik patel (@maulik_rock) April 22, 2015Read lot of tweets that land bill is the reason why the farmer died. Was it land bill or perception created on land bill???? #AAPKisanRally
— Varun.Raghavendra (@varunr2405) April 22, 2015Does life became this cheap in my country #aapkisanrally
— the_inVisible (@MrX_India) April 22, 2015All parties condemn & issue statements asking other parties not to politicise the suicide of farmer in #AAPKisanRally
— Aam Aadmi (@Pooraamaadmi) April 22, 2015One of the blackest day in Indian democracy. Very disturbing and very saddening...#AAPKisanRally
— Devidas Deshpande (@DevidasDesh) April 22, 2015It's Peepli Live all over again. Rest in peace Aam admi !! #AAPKisanRally
— Gaurav Singh (@sintugaurav) April 22, 2015And they continued the rally for farmers, even after the suicide by a FARMER. That's a bigger shame than anything else. #AAPKisanRally
— Nishant Bhardwaj (@Nishant_Bliss) April 22, 2015What were ppl doing when he attempted suicide?? sitting, chatting, or simple ignoring?
— Amrit Mann (@iAmritMann) April 22, 2015AAP to BJP, BJP to AAP, Congress to AAP, Congress to BJP, BJP to Congress..the blame game continues...a farmer died, pls be sensitive.
— Amrit Mann (@iAmritMann) April 22, 2015Sad to see that someone who respects land more than anyone else has died on #EarthDay.
— Amrit Mann (@iAmritMann) April 22, 2015
