Kishan Gajendra's 70-year-old mother Shakuntala has a question for Mr Kejriwal. "Can an apology bring my son back?" She asks, "If so, I fall at your feet and beg for forgiveness, now let that bring my son back to me ?"
A frustrated Delhi Chief Minister added silently,"If I hurt anyone sentiments, I apologise,", as if he has already measured the big criminal charge,that is hanging on his head, and now wished to dilute the public hate and anger.
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. Kejriweal stressed that at the time, he thought the AAP farmer was alive.
Gajendra Singh's family angry on the conditional apology; close relatives said, "they want a CBI inquiry to determine why Gajendra Singh died - he was not suicidal,dismissing a nine-line note found near his body as false evidence, while showing reporters the farmer's diary to prove his handwriting does not match the note.
India Honest regrets that though Kejriwal can apologise now but words, heartfelt or artificial can’t absolve him of his lack of responsibility, inability to think on his feet and the moral and ethical crime of continuing his speech when he should have been trying to rescue a desperate man.
Critical media's tough observation on AAP : "Perhaps Kejriwal can forgive himself and move on. Maybe his conscience will not lacerate him for his failure as a leader and as a human being and he will sleep peacefully at night after getting this load off his chest. But, for everyone else, including Gajendra’s family, Kejriwal’s error of judgement is unforgivable."
India Honest also agrees that the just hanging Kejriwal’s head in the hall of shame is not enough, yes one must also examine Delhi Police's role in the case, if it was their failure to act, both before and after Gajendra’s death ? Nobody will disagree that if Kejriwal is guilty of moral and ethical lapses, the cops must be judged if they are also liable for dereliction of duty.