Aap Rally Farmer Suicide

Thousands of farmers, some barechested in the November cold and others carrying skulls of loved ones who committed suicide, gathered at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi today to demand loan waivers and better prices for their produce. The protest paved the way for two political leaders -- Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Ar...

At a time when farmers are driving political campaigns, Arvind Kejriwal has dedicated his outreach to Gajendra Singh, the man who hanged himself at his rally last month.

At a time when farmer suicides have caught national attention, a minister in Haryana has said that farmers who commit suicide are "cowards" and implied that they don't deserve the government's support.

The Gajendra Singh misadventure at the AAP rally might have been a deliberate suicide or a publicity stunt gone wrong.

A thirty-year-old cotton farmer from Tamil Nadu's Tiruvarur district, killed himself yesterday by consuming pesticide, after heavy, unseasonal rains on Friday night destroyed half his crop.

A farmer allegedly killed himself in Rajathan's Ajmer on Sunday, in what is the ninth suicide reported from the state since last week.

An apology offered in Delhi by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was followed by leaders from his Aam Aadmi Party driving through the dusty streets of Dausa to the small home of Gajendra Singh, the farmer who was found dead hanging from the tree that he climbed at a rally on Wednesday.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh broke down on national television when deceased farmer Gajendra Singh's daughter posed questions to him about her father's death at a rally which the AAP had organised.

Two days after a farmer hanged himself at an Aam Aadmi Party rally in Delhi, the police and state government are virtually at war. Both blame each other for not saving the farmer.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today that he regrets continuing his speech at a rally after a farmer climbed up a tree and was found hanging. In Rajasthan, the family of the farmer, Gajendra Singh, said it rejects Mr Kejriwal's apology and wants the CBI to investigate the 41-year-old's death.

The family of Gajendra Singh, the Rajasthan farmer who hanged himself at an Aam Aadmi Party rally in Delhi earlier this week, has said it wants a CBI inquiry into his death, not an apology.

The Delhi Police today refused to submit documents for an inquiry ordered by the Aam Aadmi Party government into the alleged suicide of a farmer at their rally on Wednesday. The police now face a criminal complaint.

Two days after a farmer hanged himself in front of thousands of people at his rally in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today apologised for not stopping the event and making a speech after the incident.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal speaks on the farmer suicide at AAP rally in an interview to ANI.

Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Thursday termed the suicide of a farmer at an Aam Admi Party or AAP rally in Delhi a "shame for the nation".

Thousands of farmers, some barechested in the November cold and others carrying skulls of loved ones who committed suicide, gathered at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi today to demand loan waivers and better prices for their produce. The protest paved the way for two political leaders -- Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Ar...

At a time when farmers are driving political campaigns, Arvind Kejriwal has dedicated his outreach to Gajendra Singh, the man who hanged himself at his rally last month.

At a time when farmer suicides have caught national attention, a minister in Haryana has said that farmers who commit suicide are "cowards" and implied that they don't deserve the government's support.

The Gajendra Singh misadventure at the AAP rally might have been a deliberate suicide or a publicity stunt gone wrong.

A thirty-year-old cotton farmer from Tamil Nadu's Tiruvarur district, killed himself yesterday by consuming pesticide, after heavy, unseasonal rains on Friday night destroyed half his crop.

A farmer allegedly killed himself in Rajathan's Ajmer on Sunday, in what is the ninth suicide reported from the state since last week.

An apology offered in Delhi by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was followed by leaders from his Aam Aadmi Party driving through the dusty streets of Dausa to the small home of Gajendra Singh, the farmer who was found dead hanging from the tree that he climbed at a rally on Wednesday.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh broke down on national television when deceased farmer Gajendra Singh's daughter posed questions to him about her father's death at a rally which the AAP had organised.

Two days after a farmer hanged himself at an Aam Aadmi Party rally in Delhi, the police and state government are virtually at war. Both blame each other for not saving the farmer.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today that he regrets continuing his speech at a rally after a farmer climbed up a tree and was found hanging. In Rajasthan, the family of the farmer, Gajendra Singh, said it rejects Mr Kejriwal's apology and wants the CBI to investigate the 41-year-old's death.

The family of Gajendra Singh, the Rajasthan farmer who hanged himself at an Aam Aadmi Party rally in Delhi earlier this week, has said it wants a CBI inquiry into his death, not an apology.

The Delhi Police today refused to submit documents for an inquiry ordered by the Aam Aadmi Party government into the alleged suicide of a farmer at their rally on Wednesday. The police now face a criminal complaint.

Two days after a farmer hanged himself in front of thousands of people at his rally in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today apologised for not stopping the event and making a speech after the incident.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal speaks on the farmer suicide at AAP rally in an interview to ANI.

Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Thursday termed the suicide of a farmer at an Aam Admi Party or AAP rally in Delhi a "shame for the nation".