Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi addresses a press conference.
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New Delhi: As Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed in a court that Arvind Kejriwal is eating certain kind of food to secure bail on health reasons, Delhi Minister Atishi on Thursday alleged that there is a “huge conspiracy” to kill the Chief Minister by denying him home-cooked food in the jail.
Atishi claimed in a press conference that the ED had lied in the court and that Kejriwal was taking an artificial sweetener.
“The BJP through 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 said.
Atishi's counter attack came soon after the ED claimed in a court that Kejriwal is eating high sugar foods like mangoes and sweets every day despite having Type-2 diabetes to create grounds for bail on health reasons. The court has asked the Tihar jail authorities to file a report in the matter, including Kejriwal's diet chart.
“Any doctor will tell you that diabetes patients are asked to carry bananas 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 Navratri. All these lies are being spread by the BJP and ED to stop the supply of home-cooked food to Kejriwal,” Atishi claimed.
She said once it will not be known what Kejriwal is being fed in the jail once he is disallowed home food.
"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.