Shocking and ridiculous! Farmer commits suicide at AAP rally in front of dozens of policemen, Delhi CM and thousands of farmers

In one of the most shocking and ridiculous political developments today, a farmer committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the Aam Aadmi Party's rally here against the land bill. At the time of the incident, there were more than few thousand farmers, numerous AAP supporters as well as several policemen present at the rally.

The man, identified as Gajendra Singh, climbed the tree as top AAP leaders were present at the Jantar Mantar, a stone's throw from Parliament, and hanged himself with a 'gamcha' (towel). As some people climbed up to save him, the branch gave away and he fell.

He was rushed to nearby RML hospital in a police jeep. Doctors there said that he was "brought dead".

A purported suicide note was recovered from the spot in which he mentioned that he is a farmer and his crops have been destroyed. He has also wrote his family's contact number. The incident occurred at around 2 pm in the presence of Kejriwal prompting senior AAP leaders to allege that it was an attempt to "sabotage" the rally and slammed the police for being "mute spectators".

Kejriwal said, "We kept asking the police to bring him down. Police may not be in our control but at least there should be a semblance of humanity among them. I am rushing to the hospital with Manish Sisodia".

After his speech, the chief minister reached the hospital but Singh was already declared dead.

Congress leader Sachin Pilot termed the death shameful for the public and for India. "Strong message needs to be given to our farmers that we are there to help."

Pilot, however, said that no one from the rally actually tried to stop or save him (farmer). "The rally continued despite the incident."

Delhi Congress leader Ajay Maken termed the death as unfortunate. "The organisers and the police could have been more alert."

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited the hospital, where the dead body of the farmer was kept and made a statement to the media standing outside saying, "I want to take this opportunity to assure all our farmer friends that they shouldnot lose hope of feel scared. We are with them and will continue to support their cause.'

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has already ordered a Joint Commissioner of Police inquiry into the entire episode.