Conspiracy to kill Kejriwal, says AAP, in response to ED's 'aloo puri' allegations

By refusing to give Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was detained by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, home-cooked meals when he was incarcerated, Delhi Cabinet minister Atishi asserted on Thursday that there was a “huge conspiracy” to assassinate Kejriwal.

Her allegation came hours after the ED told a judge that, despite having type 2 diabetes, Kejriwal often consumes high-sugar meals like mangoes and sweets in order to qualify for medical release.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) asserted this in front of Kaveri Baweja, the special judge handling CBI and ED cases. Baweja ordered the Tihar jail officials to provide a report on the case, which included Kejriwal’s food plan.

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“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 said.

Atishi 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-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.

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Once he is disallowed home food, it will not be known what Kejriwal is being fed in the jail and when, she said.

“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 foods to seek bail on medical grounds, or shift to a hospital.

(With agency inputs)