AAP should cooperate with Delhi Police for its 'monumental blunder': BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said the unfortunate death of Gajendra Singh during the rally at Jantar Mantar has put the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in dock and added that the Arvind Kejriwal-led government should cooperate with the Delhi Police in the investigation of the matter to avoid any conflict.

"Information that has been shared by the member of Gajendra's family with the media, all this clearly show the culpability of the Aam Aadmi Party, its leaders and even suspicions have arisen about the top leadership of the Aam Aadmi Party," said BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao and added that it was 'monumental blunder' on the part of the AAP.

"The Aam Aadmi Party's leadership is accountable to its actions. And without having any jurisdiction over the area where this incident has occurred, the Aam Aadmi Party's Government in Delhi is trying to overreach its executive powers and AAP should understand that it has to function according to the Constitution and according to the status of Delhi Government and its jurisdiction and it cannot rewrite Constitution, rewrite the laws of the land to suit its own politics," he added.

The AAP and Delhi Police are at loggerheads over the farmer's suicide with both blaming each other for not saving the farmer.

The Delhi Police today refused to submit documents for an inquiry ordered by the AAP Government into the alleged suicide of the Rajasthan farmer earlier on Wednesday.

The AAP, which rules Delhi, has ordered an inquiry by a District Magistrate, while the Union Home Ministry has asked the police to investigate the matter.

The family members of the farmer have demanded that he be accorded the status of 'Kisan Shaheed'.

Earlier in the day, an AAP delegation led by Sanjay Singh met the farmer's family in his native Dausa district in Rajasthan.

"The relatives told me that since he died for the farmers' cause, he should be given the status of 'Kisan Shaheed' by the Delhi government," Singh told the media after the meeting.

"Secondly, they asked that a member of their family, who turns 18, be given a job in the Delhi government. I will talk to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal about this. I am sure the Delhi government will take a positive step in this direction," he added.

Gajendra's parents, however, said nothing could compensate for their son's death.

"I am half mad with grief. What do I say? They apologised to me, even touched my feet, but what do I say?" said his mother.