'Will Match Kejriwal's Apology With My Own. Now Bring My Son Back.' - NDTV

Dausa, Rajasthan:  An apology offered in Delhi by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was followed by leaders from his Aam Aadmi Party driving through the dusty streets of Dausa to the small home of Gajendra Singh, the farmer who was found dead hanging from the tree that he climbed at a rally on Wednesday.

The AAP delegation to Gajendra Singh's home was led by Sanjay Singh, who pulled up in a Toyota Innova. He brought a cheque of Rs 10 lakh for the farmer's family, and a video that shows AAP workers exhorting the farmer to come down from the tree.

This morning, Mr Kejriwal admitted that he had been wrong to continue with his speech after the farmer was spotted high in a tree at his public meeting. Mr Kejriweal stressed that at the time, he thought the farmer from Rajasthan was alive. "If I hurt anyone's sentiments, I apologise," the Delhi Chief Minister said.

Gajendra Singh's family bristles at what is describes as a sort of conditional apology; relatives said they want a CBI inquiry to determine why Gajendra Singh died - he was not suicidal, they say, dismissing a nine-line note found near his body as false evidence. Today, they showed reporters the farmer's diary to prove his handwriting does not match the note.

Between the camera crews and the stream of VIP visitors, Gajendra Singh's family is suddenly the heart of a grotesque reality show that commenced with his tragic death and the images of his body being lowered from the tree into a green sheet.

Before the AAP delegation arrived this morning, a minister from the BJP state government in Rajasthan visited with a cheque for Rs four lakh. And from far-away Uttar Pradesh arrived Rajendra Tikait, whose father Mahendra Singh Takait was a famous leader of farmers in the state. "This was not an individual suicide but the death of all farmers struggling with debt," Rajendra Tikait told reporters.

Another house call was paid by investigators from the Delhi Police who wanted to check on Gajendra Singh's writing samples. The farmer is survived by 35-year-old wife and three young children.

His 70-year-old mother Shakuntala has a question for Mr Kejriwal. "Can an apology bring my son back?" she asks, sitting on a chataai (mat). "If so, I fall at your feet and beg for forgiveness, now let that bring my son back to me."

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