Farmer Suicide Case, Can Government deny anymore? :The Newshour Debate (22nd April 2015)

Описание: A distressed farmer from Rajasthan today committed suicide in full public view in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who came under attack for "utter insensitivity" in going ahead with his rally. The incident triggered a blame game among political rivals with demands being made that a case of murder be filed against AAP which had organised a rally against the Centre's land acquisition ordinance. Unmindful of the appeals from AAP leaders and workers to climb down from a tree at Jantar Mantar, 41-year-old Gajendra Singh, a father of three, had put his towel around his neck and tied it to a branch. As police watched the whole drama, a couple of AAP workers climbed the tree and tried to rescue him, but by then the noose had stifled Singh, whose body hanged for a few moments before falling. He was rushed to the nearby RML hospital where he was declared brought dead. The farmer, who was heard shouting slogans against the land bill, had left a suicide note in which he had claimed he was disowned by his father after the family suffered huge crop loss due to unseasonal rains.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister went ahead with the rally where he spoke for almost 20 minutes, launching a strident attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of working for the "super rich" and questioning the hurry with which his government brought the land acquisition ordinance. Senior leader Kumar Vishwas earlier alleged a conspiracy by the police not to rescue the farmer so that AAP's image can be damaged. Winding up his speech, 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." He was apparently referring to the Delhi police functioning under the Centre. As the news of Singh's death spread, Kejriwal and his party came under attack from rivals who accused the Chief Minister of insensitivity in going ahead with his rally and not making efforts to rescue him. They demanded a probe into the death and registration of a case against the organizers of the rally. "It is a case of murder. The entire matter should be investigated and a case filed," Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay said.

In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Dr Sudhanshu Trivedi, National Spokesperson, BJP & Political Advisor to Rajnath Singh; R Rajagopalan, Senior Journalist; Raghav Chadha, Leader, AAP; Dr Ajoy Kumar, Spokesperson, Congress; Pavan Kumar Verma, MP, Rajya Sabha JD (U) and Saba Naqvi, Political Editor, Outlook -- discuss the issue -- Land Bill reality check! Can Government deny their plight?

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