The AAP Chief accuses jail administration of withholding insulin despite repeated requests

The Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, was given insulin at Tihar jail on Monday night after his blood sugar level rose to 320. Mr. Kejriwal accused the jail administration of withholding insulin despite his repeated requests.

In response to Mr. Kejriwal’s allegations, the Tihar jail administration stated that during a video consultation with specialists from AIIMS, neither insulin nor its necessity was mentioned.

Delhi Minister and AAP leader, Saurabh Bharadwaj, criticized the BJP-led central government, stating, “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.”

Following a court directive, AIIMS formed a medical board to assess Mr. Kejriwal’s medical needs, particularly regarding insulin, pointing out discrepancies in his dietary regimen and doctor-prescribed diet.

In a letter to the Tihar jail superintendent, Mr. Kejriwal rejected the claim that insulin was never discussed during his consultations with doctors, insisting he had persistently raised the issue over 10 days.

The AAP alleged that the Tihar administration deliberately withheld insulin from Mr. Kejriwal, alleging a conspiracy to harm him.

Delhi BJP president, Virendra Sachdeva, accused AAP leaders of trying to gain public sympathy for Mr. Kejriwal’s health during the Lok Sabha elections, claiming, “No doubt Arvind Kejriwal is a diabetic, but his sugar is under control in jail as he didn’t raise a demand for insulin in the video consultation with the doctors of AIIMS.”

The Enforcement Directorate accused Mr. Kejriwal of consuming sugary foods regularly, suggesting an attempt to exploit his health for legal advantage. Mr. Kejriwal dismissed these accusations and accused the agency of politicizing the issue.

“I showed my high sugar levels to every doctor who came to see me. I showed them that there were three peaks in the sugar level every day — between 250-320,” Mr. Kejriwal said in his letter.

The Delhi Chief Minister was arrested on March 21 by the ED in connection with a money-laundering case linked to the Delhi government’s now-scrapped excise policy and has been lodged in Tihar jail since April 1. The Delhi High Court will hear Mr. Kejriwal’s petition challenging the summonses issued to him by the probe agency on May 15