Addressing a press convention, Atishi accused the ED of lying about the chief minister’s diet.
Delhi Cabinet minister Atishi on Thursday claimed there was a “huge conspiracy” to kill Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate within the Delhi excise coverage case, by denying him home-cooked meals within the jail.
Her cost got here hours after the ED claimed earlier than a court docket that Kejriwal is consuming excessive sugar meals like mangoes and sweets day by day regardless of having sort 2 diabetes to create grounds for medical bail.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) made the declare earlier than particular choose for CBI and ED instances, Kaveri Baweja, who directed the Tihar jail authorities to file a report within the matter, together with Kejriwal’s diet chart.
Addressing a press convention, Atishi accused the ED of lying about the chief minister’s diet.
“The BJP through its wing ED is trying to harm Kejriwal’s health. They are trying to stop the supply of home-cooked food to Kejriwal in jail. The ED lied in court and said that Kejriwal is having tea with sugar and eating sweets. This is a complete lie. Kejriwal is taking an artificial sweetener,” she mentioned.
Atishi mentioned the ED instructed the court docket that Kejriwal is consuming bananas.
“Any doctor will tell you that diabetes patients are asked to carry banana or any toffee or chocolate because a drop in sugar-level can be dangerous for life. The ED said he is eating aloo-puri. The ED should be afraid of God for lying so much. He ate puri only on the first day of Navratra. All these lies are being spread by the BJP and ED to stop the supply of home-cooked food to Kejriwal,” she alleged.
Once he’s disallowed dwelling meals, it won’t be recognized what Kejriwal is being fed within the jail and when, she mentioned.
“From past few days, Kejriwal’s sugar level is over 300 mg/dl, but he has been denied insulin by Tihar jail authorities. There’s a conspiracy to kill Kejriwal by stopping his home cooked food supply,” she alleged.
The ED claimed Kejriwal was consuming high-sugar meals to hunt bail on medical grounds, or shift to a hospital.
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