Farmer hangs himself during CM’s rally at Jantar Mantar

Most people at the time thought that the man only wanted to get a better view of the dais, with the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal having arrived only a few moments earlier. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

There was absolute pandemonium at the Aam Aadmi Party’s Kisan rally after the farmer attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree during the rally. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Delhi BJP President Satish Upadayay with MP Ramesh Bidhuri visit Smt. Sucheta Kirplani mortuary after a farmer committed suicide at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Satish Upadhyay visits RML Hospital after a farmer committed suicide during an AAP rally at Jantar Mantar by hanging himself from a tree. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Ajay Maken and Rahul gandhi visit RML Hospital after a farmer committed suicide during an AAP rally by hanging himself from a tree. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Ajay Maken and Rahul gandhi visit RML Hospital after a farmer committed suicide during an AAP rally by hanging himself from a tree.(Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Rahul Gandhi and Ajay Maken visit RML Hospital after a farmer commits suicide by hanging himself to a tree during an AAP rally at Jantar Mantar. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Doctors at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital said that the farmer, identified as Gajender Singh of Rajasthan’s Dausa village, was brought dead from the site of the rally where he hanged himself from a tree. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Satish Upadhyay arrives at RML Hospital after a farmer committed suicide during an AAP rally at Jantar Mantar by hanging himself from a tree. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

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”. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)