‘BJP, Centre playing with Kejriwal’s life’
The BJP and its government at the Centre are playing with the life of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who lost 8.5 kg and saw his blood sugar level drop below 50 mg/dL five times while in prison, AAP MP Sanjay Singh claimed on Saturday.
The BJP hit back, saying every time AAP leaders see any hope of Kejriwal getting bail, they return to their old “rhetoric” that the BJP wants to keep him in jail and that his health is steadily deteriorating.
At a press conference here, Singh said, “His health condition is such that if he is not brought out of jail soon and provided medical care, something serious can happen to him.” The Rajya Sabha member said Kejriwal’s weight was 70 kg when he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21 in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. His weight has now reduced to 61.5 kg, he claimed.
The reason for this constant loss in weight is unknown as no tests could be conducted. This weight loss is the sign of some serious ailment, Singh added.
The Delhi chief minister’s blood sugar level also fell below 50 mg/dL in prison on five occasions, the MP claimed and added, “If his sugar level is falling like this while sleeping, then anything can happen to him, and he can also go into a coma.”
Reacting to the AAP MP’s claims, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said, “Sanjay Singh should recall that every time Kejriwal gets bail, he never goes for any treatment and instead, his political diatribes increase to new heights.”
He said Kejriwal had asked people to vote for AAP in the Lok Sabha polls if they wanted him out of jail. “But the people of Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab totally rejected his call,” Sachdeva added.
Singh, who was also arrested earlier by the ED in the excise policy-linked money laundering case and spent six months in Tihar prison, also said, “Doctors are not always present inside the prison at night and in case of any problem, patients are taken to hospitals with great difficulty.”
The senior AAP leader said Kejriwal’s family, the party and his well-wishers were concerned about the chief minister’s health condition in jail.
“The BJP and its government aim to keep him in jail and harm his health,” he alleged, claiming a conspiracy. The ED “illegally” got a stay on his bail, he said. Singh added, “When Kejriwal was likely to get relief from the Supreme Court, the CBI made a “false case” against him to play with his life.” Despite being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court, the Delhi chief minister remains in jail due to his arrest in the CBI’s excise policy “scam” case.