A day after Gajendra Singh’s suicide in full public view at the AAP rally, the Arvind Kejriwal Government on Thursday announced an ex-gratia of Rs10 lakh to the family. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia held a closed door meeting with Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh and Kumar Vishwas at his residence on Thursday morning to chalk out strategy in the wake of all-round criticism after the death of Gajendra Singh. According to media reports, his family members reported to have refused the amount of Rs10 lakh as compensation that was announced by Delhi Government.
Terming the death of as “heartbreaking”, AAP leader Sanjay Singh said that his party activists tried but failed to save Gajendra Singh after he hanged himself from a tree at the site. Singh blamed Delhi Police for the farmer’s death on Wednesday because they failed to intervene despite repeated appeals from AAP leaders.
“The truth of what happened (on Wednesday) is captured on your cameras,” Sanjay Singh told the media. “The way the police acted was insensitive and incompetent.”