Today afternoon, at Aam Aadmi Party’s rally led by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Jantar Mantar, Delhi one Rajasthan farmer named Gajinder Singh commited suicide publicly.
Delhi police official confirmed that the deceased farmer’s was from Rajasthan. “We have launched an inquiry into the incident,” said the police official. On the allegation that the Delhi police did not do anything to save the farmer, the official said, “The allegations are false.”
AAP leader Sanjay Singh, “Our volunteers took him to the hospital, and as soon as the news of his death came, Arvind Kejriwal and other leaders rushed to the RML hospital.”
Rahul Gandhi reaches hospital, will meet farmer’s family.
Farmers being punished by Modi govt, says Rahul Gandhi. “It is a very sad time. I just want to tell the farmers and labourers not to worry. We will help them,” said Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. “I had earlier said that the farmers are being punished by the Modi government. I had said that they only help industrialists. This is causing tremendous pain to the farmers of the country. This is sad. But we will do whatever we can for the farmers. We are going to fight the land ordinance,” he said
Land ordinance further adding to misery of farmers said Sitaram Yechury.