Farmer suicide: Blame games continue as Twitter jumps from #ShameOnKejriwal to #KillerKejriwal

A farmer from Dausa, Rajasthan committed suicide at the AAP anti-land bill rally in New Delhi on Tuesday, by hanging himself from a tree at the venue. [caption id=“attachment_2207780” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  AAP volunteers helping the farmer. Image by IBN Live.[/caption] He was declared dead on arrival at the hospital. Firstpost had earlier reported that AAP volunteers noticed him trying to kill himself, and stopped him and rushed him to the hospital. Visuals being shared on TV and social media show the farmer hanging from the branch of the tree with a white cloth that he had made into a noose. The blame games begun right after the news broke out, and where some blamed Kejriwal and AAP for the misfortune, AAP leader Ashutosh blamed the Delhi Police. “It is the Delhi police that did not do its duty,” he said. Reports also suggested that Kejriwal continued his speech even after learning about the suicide. Reacting to the criticism towards Kejriwal, he sarcastically said, “From the next time we will ask the Delhi CM Kejriwal himself to climb up a tree and save the farmer. It is Kejriwal’s fault that he himself did not climb up the tree.” Following the incident #AAPKisanRally started to trend on Twitter. At first people were quick to blame Kejriwal and AAP:  

#AAP wants us to believe his monkey party cadres cant climb tree #AAPKisanRally so farmer died the same way i dont believe hitler was saint

— siege (@siegehunt) April 22, 2015

#AAPKisanRally continues despite a suicide by a farmer amidst the crowd. Insensitivity achieved new height. #ShameOnKejriwal

— GonnaGetYou (@Als0kn0wnAs) April 22, 2015

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#AAPKisanRally Mr. @ArvindKejriwal accept the due responsibility. You are the organizer, you are the speaker, you are the CM. Please resign!

— Isolde Rose (@Isolderose) April 22, 2015

There were some tweets that urged people to focus on the issue and stop politicising it.

I'm aghast! Instead of focusing on the plight of farmers, pol parties r diverting attention from core issue & are targeting #AAPKisanRally.

— Dr. Munish Kumar Raizada (@DrMunishRaizada) April 22, 2015

Ok. No more tweets on farmer suicide at #AAPKisanRally. A poor man has died & the whole thing is rapidly turning into a circus. Sick! :-(

— Smita Barooah (@smitabarooah) April 22, 2015

The media is equally responsible. If a farmer is committing suicide, u cud ve saved him rather than recoding a video #AAPKisanRally

— Pathik Sharma (@pathiksharma09) April 22, 2015

However, the trolls on Twitter never sleep. Some tweets called the entire stunt a conspiracy, blamed Kejriwal for the farmer’s death, and also used the hashtags #ShameOnKejriwal and #KillerKejriwal

@ArvindKejriwal @AamAadmiParty Today not only a farmer hanged himself, you guys hanged morals & conscience as well! #ShameAAP #AAPKisanRally

— KKDPNS (@kunwarzee) April 22, 2015

Public sentiment of the day. #AAPKisanRally at Jantar Mantar pic.twitter.com/082dBSjiXI

— Chandra Prakash (@CPism) April 22, 2015

Its a pre planned suicide and organise by AAP. #AAPKisanRally

— Harsh Kansal (@harshkansalus) April 22, 2015

@iamdsp1 @upma23 what about this photo ? #KillerKejriwal pic.twitter.com/nfszJblDbX

— Anurag Bharat (@Anurag4Bharat) April 22, 2015

This is poleboy @ArvindKejriwal He can agitate like a rowdy but not climb a tree? @ndtv @Timesnow #KillerKejriwal pic.twitter.com/tW6Ck4gubT

— MediaCrooks (@mediacrooks) April 22, 2015

Now #KIllerKejriwal has used innocent farmer's life to promote his useless politics!

— अमित श्रीवास्तव 🕉️🇮🇳 (@AmiSri) April 22, 2015