Delhi Cabinet minister Atishi claimed that there was a "huge conspiracy" to kill Kejriwal and accused the Enforcement Directorate of lying about the chief minister's diet.
The agency claimed before a Delhi court that Kejriwal, who has been arrested by the ED in the Delhi excise policy case, is eating food items containing high sugar like mangoes and sweets every day despite having type 2 diabetes to create grounds for medical bail. The special judge for CBI and ED cases, Kaveri Baweja, directed the Tihar jail authorities to file a report in the matter, including Kejriwal's diet chart, after the ED's claims.
Reacting to ED's allegations, Atishi said, "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."
“ED said Kejriwal takes sweets and sweet tea. But these are made of erythritol. The BJP people can google it. It is a low-calorie sweetener allowed for diabetics,” she said.
The Delhi minister said the ED told the court that Kejriwal is eating bananas.
"Any doctor will tell you that diabetes patients are asked to carry banana or any toffee or chocolate because a drop in sugar levels 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."
Once he is disallowed home food, it will not be known what Kejriwal is being fed in the jail and when, she said.
"Everyone knows Arvind Kejriwal is a patient of severe diabetes; he has been suffering for the past 30 years. To keep his sugar level under control he takes 54 units of insulin daily."
"From the 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.
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