New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi on Thursday alleged that Arvind Kejriwal who has Type 2 diabetes was denied insulin ‘despite repeated requests’ .
Aam Aadmi Party leader further alleged a "conspiracy to kill Arvind Kejriwal’ hours after the Enforcement Directorate opposed a request for a video consult with his regular doctor.
"If the BJP is not able to defeat Arvind Kejriwal in three elections (three Delhi Assembly elections) then a plan is being hatched to kill him by keeping him in jail," Atishi was quoted as saying.
Kejriwal, she said, is known to be suffering from diabetes for the past 30 years and takes 54 units of insulin daily to keep his blood sugar levels under control.
Considering this, she said, the court allowed the Delhi Chief Minister to eat home-cooked food as prescribed by the doctor.
Countering the ED’s arguments in the court , she reportedly said: "But today the Bharatiya Janata Party, through its affiliate (the ED), is trying to spoil the health of Kejriwalji... Today the ED lied repeatedly,"
Questioning Kejriwal’s plea to consult his doctor, the ED argued the chief minister regularly eats mangoes and sweet alongside drinking tear with sugar, which are not allowed for a diabetic patient.
Atishi termed it complete lie saying ‘Kejriwalji is allowed to tea and sweets with a sweetener (as) prescribed by the doctor. This is a low-calorie sweetener given to diabetics.’
Hitting back at the ED’s claim that Kejriwal was eating bananas to increase his blood sugar levels, she said Kejriwal’s blood sugar level fell to a risky 46 Mg when he was incarcerated, adding ‘Talk to any diabetes doctor. Patients are told to keep banana and some kind of toffee.’
She said that it was clearly given in the court order that Kejriwal during in custody or jail must always have some kind of toffee and banana with him.
She was referring to the direction to allow ‘home-cooked food, bottled drinking water, and a supply of toffees’ to the leader in the jail.
Countering the ED’s claim that Kejriwal ate oil-rich and fatty foods like puri and aloo every day , she said that diet chart that the ED deposited in the court showed the leader ate them only on the first day of Navratri asked ‘Will you not let us eat even Navratri prasad’. The ED has not yet responded to Atishi or the AAP.