A farmer on Wednesday, April 22 committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's presence at the Aam Aadmi Party's rally in New Delhi against the land bill. The man, identified as Gajendra Singh, climbed the tree as top AAP leaders were present at Jantar Mantar, a stone's throw from Parliament, and hanged himself with a gamcha. As some people climbed up to save him, the branch gave away and he fell.

Initially, Kumar Vishwas requested the man to climb down.

He later alleged that it was a "pre-planned" attempt to sabotage the demonstration.

However, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the man was a farmer and termed the incident "unfortunate".

"Just now an unfortunate incident occurred. We don't know why the kisan bhai tried to hang himself but I and Arvind (Kejriwal) will go to see him at the hospital," Sisodia said.

The Congress said the incident was shocking and it was time for all those in position of power to introspect on the reasons behind it.

The BJP lashed out at AAP over the incident, accusing it of politicising every issue.