Kejriwal given insulin in Tihar jail

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Kejriwal given insulin in Tihar jail

Wednesday, 24 April 2024 | Saumya Shukla | New Delhi

Kejriwal given insulin in Tihar jail

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was administered a “low dose” of insulin on Tuesday in Tihar jail after his blood sugar level spiked.

Meanwhile, a Rouse Avenue court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Kejriwal and BRS leader K Kavitha in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam till May 7.

“Kejriwal was given two units of low dose insulin on Monday evening on the advice of AIIMS doctors”, a Tihar official said. His blood sugar level reading was found to be 217 around 7 pm, following which the doctors at Tihar looking after him decided to give him the insulin, the official said. The AIIMS specialists, during a video conference with the Chief Minister on April 20, had advised the Tihar doctors that insulin could be given to him if his sugar level crosses a certain level, officials added. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) welcomed this news received on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti and said the development was the result of the blessings of the deity.

Delhi Cabinet minister Atishi said in a post on X in Hindi, “Jai Bajrang Bali! Good news received on Hanuman Jayanti. Tihar administration finally gave insulin to Arvind Kejriwal. This is the result of the blessings of Hanuman ji and the struggle of the people of Delhi. Even in this time of struggle, the blessings of Bajrang Bali remain on all of us.”

Meanwhile, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva alleged that the AAP leaders’ “only political hope” was to “create public sympathy” over the health of Kejriwal in view of the Lok Sabha elections.

“No doubt Arvind Kejriwal is a diabetic but his sugar is under control in jail as he didn’t raise demand for insulin in the video consultation with the doctors of AIIMS,” he said.

Rebuking the charges, the CM, in a letter to the jail administration, said he has raised the issue of insulin for 10 days, every day, multiple times.

Delhi Cabinet Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj who participated in an event in his constituency to celebrate Hanuman Jayanti. A person dressed as Lord Hanuman was carrying vials of insulin with Bharadwaj carrying a mace (‘gadaa’) as they travelled in the area atop a vehicle. Vials of insulin were stuck on the mace.

“Hanumanji has given insulin to his devotee Arvind Kejriwal. The court passed the order, the jail denied, but due to Hanumanji, Kejriwal got the insulin. We pray for his good health, long life, and may he soon be released,” he said

Earlier in the day, Bharadwaj alleged that the officials were deliberately not giving insulin to Kejriwal.

“Today it became clear that the chief minister was right. He needed insulin but the officials under the BJP-led Centre were deliberately not treating him. Tell me about the BJP people! If there was no need for insulin, why are they giving it now? Because the whole world is cursing them,” he said in a post on X in Hindi.

Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal visited the temple to offer prayers on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.  “May Hanuman Baba give wisdom and prosperity to all. May Hanuman Baba take away everyone’s trouble and mine too. I will come back with sir (Kejriwal) soon,” she told reporters.

“It is due to the blessings of Lord Hanuman that Kejriwal was given insulin after 23 days. We had been saying that he needs to be given insulin but he was given insulin only now. The people of Delhi were worried about him but their struggle bore fruit,” Singh said. The Delhi chief minister was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money-laundering case linked to the Delhi government’s now-scrapped excise policy. He has been lodged in the Tihar jail since April 1.

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