After Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate, his diabetes and diet have taken centre stage for some time now. The recent report submitted by Tihar jail authorities to Delhi L-G V.K. Saxena claims that RML Hospital doctors did not indicate any insulin requirement for Kejriwal.
Kejriwal's blood sugar levels were not alarming and he was advised oral anti-diabetic drugs, read the report.
The report comes in the wake of the Aam Aadmi Party's allegation that there is plot hatched to kill Kejriwal in jail by denying him insulin.
Earlier, the ED said in the court that Kejriwal was indulging in high-sugar food so that he could seek bail on medical grounds if his sugar level increased.
The jail authorities in the report said that Kejriwal had been consuming high-sugar food such as “sweets, laddoos, bananas, mangoes, fruit chaat, fried food, namkeen, bhujia, sweetened tea, poori-aloo, pickles and other high cholesterol food on a regular basis”.
The diet plan set by the AIIMS has “strictly prohibited” most of the food items he is eating, the report added.
It also mentioned that Kejriwal had stopped taking insulin months before his arrest.
While countering the report, AAP leader Atishi said it reveals the BJP's "conspiracy". “At the behest of the BJP, a conspiracy is underway to kill Kejriwal in jail. The chief minister has been taking insulin for 12 years, what is the problem for the Tihar administration to give insulin to him?,” she asked.
Atishi also said that Kejriwal used to take 50 units of insulin daily before he was sent to jail, reported The Indian Express.
In connection with the money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy case, Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the ED. He has been lodged in Tihar jail since April 1.
Kejriwal was “neither advised any insulin nor any requirement of insulin was indicated”, the Tihar report said adding that the CM's health was reviewed by a medical specialist on April 10 and April 15.
"It is incorrect to state that Kejriwal was denied insulin at any point of time” as the specialist advised oral anti-diabetic drugs during his treatment, the report said.
“Considering all parameters and vitals of undertrial prisoner (Kejriwal) since his lodgment in judicial custody, his blood sugar levels are not alarming, and administration of insulin is not required as of now," the medical specialist noted.
The administration submitted in its report that there is adequate availability of insulin in the jail dispensary and it can be administered to Kejriwal "as and when required," the officials added.
