Kejriwal gets insulin in Tihar jail after spike in sugar level, AAP alleges conspiracy to harm him
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TNR Desk
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal received an insulin shot at Tihar jail on Monday (April 23, 2024) night due to a spike in his blood sugar level to 320, much higher than the ideal range of 70 to 100. Kejriwal, a diabetic, criticised the Tihar jail administration for allegedly failing to provide him with insulin despite his repeated requests.
Kejriwal’s accusations were countered by the Tihar jail administration, which claimed that “during a video consultation with specialists from AIIMS, neither the issue of insulin nor its necessity was raised”.
“Today it is clear that the Chief Minister was right, he needed insulin. But the officials under the BJP’s central government were deliberately not treating him. Tell me BJP people! If insulin is not needed then why are you giving it now? Because the whole world is cursing them,” said Delhi Minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj in a statement.
A Delhi court had on Monday afternoon directed AIIMS to form a medical board to assess AAP chief Kejriwal’s medical needs, particularly related to insulin. The court even highlighted discrepancies between Kejriwal’s diet that comprised home-cooked food and the one prescribed by doctors.
The Chief Minister had, in a letter to the Tihar jail superintendent on Monday, contradicted the jail administration’s claim that he never raised the insulin issue during his consultations with doctors. The AAP chief maintained that he had been raising the insulin demand continuously over the past 10 days. The AAP even alleged that the Tihar administration withheld insulin under directions from the BJP as part of a conspiracy to harm Kejriwal.
A BJP leader, however, maintained that AAP leaders were “trying to generate public sympathy on Kejriwal’s health during the Lok Sabha elections”.
