Atishi, a prominent AAP leader, has charged that the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is being planned to be “killed” by the BJP and the Enforcement Directorate. The claim was made just hours after the ED informed a local court that the congressman was consuming foods high in sugar in order to obtain medical release. But Atishi was adamant that the investigation agency had lied in court.
“ED lied in court about Arvind Kejriwal having tea with sugar, eating sweets in jail. He is using artificial sweetener. The BJP trying to harm his health through ED. There is a conspiracy to kill Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by stopping supply of home-cooked food to him in jail,” she said.
Prior to this, a court had allowed Kejriwal to have meals prepared at home, bottled water, and a stash of candies in case his blood sugar suddenly fell. Additionally, medical equipment had been given to him in order to track his health. On Thursday, the chief minister of Delhi abandoned his court suit to have three virtual consultations per week with his doctor to monitor his blood sugar and other vitals.
According to Atishi, Kejriwal needed to take 54 units of insulin every day to control his blood sugar levels. She charged that the BJP was using the ED to “deteriorate Arvind Kejriwal’s health and try to stop his home-made food.”
“This many units of insulin are taken by those who have severe diabetes. What food you eat, and which exercise you do, all are necessary for a diabetic patient. That’s the reason the court has allowed him to have home-made food,” the Delhi Minister asserted.
“Kejriwal is consciously consuming items like tea with sugar, mango, banana, sweets (1 or 2 pieces), poori, aaloo sabji, etc. on regular basis, despite being a patient of diabetes mellitus type 2 and knowing very well that consumption of such items results in increase in blood sugar. This is being done to create a medical emergency to obtain sympathetic treatment from the court of law on medical grounds,” the Enforcement Directorate had told the Delhi court earlier in the day.
