A farmer's suicide at the AAP rally organised Wednesday to protest the land acquisition bill has seen a blame game being played by spokespersons at BJP, Congress and AAP.
Gajender Singh Rajput, a farmer from Dausa district was declared dead at the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in New Delhi. Here are some of the sharpest reactions to this incident on Twitter, which made #AAPKisanRally the top trending topic in India.
Sambit Patra, national spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party told ANI that it was a conspiracy by Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, and that as a doctor, he knew the pain Rajput would have faced when he committed suicide.
I am a doctor, I know the pain the man must have suffered when he was committing suicide: Sambit Patra pic.twitter.com/4eMi4MW4Sg
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 22, 2015
This is a conspiracy of the CM of Delhi, as the doctor said the farmer was brought dead. CM was busy doing politics: Sambit Patra
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 22, 2015
Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay blamed AAP workers for helping Rajput climb the tree.
AAP workers who were wearing AAP caps helped the farmer climb the tree: Satish Upadhyay, BJP pic.twitter.com/sT79LeXF0M
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 22, 2015
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti deleted his tweet after Twitter pounced on him for calling it a well thought conspiracy.
@brawling_virago Somnath Bharti's statement is self explanatory! #AAP knew it all.It wasn't conspiracy bt pre planned pic.twitter.com/zlBAKwwFHH
— Aakash Verma (@vermaaakash10) April 22, 2015
AAP spokesperson Ashutosh remarked that he would tell Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to climb the tree.
AAP men cannot climb trees. Next time will tell CM to climb the tree: Ashutosh, AAP #SuicideBlamegamehttp://t.co/gi1RuvIo0D
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) April 22, 2015
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