'Wants To Kill My Husband': Sunita Kejriwal Jabs BJP At Oppn Rally, Says Delhi CM 'Denied Insulin In Jail'

Sunita Kejriwal also said that the BJP government has put Arvind Kejriwal and Hemant Soren without proving them guilty and called the move a 'dictatorship'.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal on Sunday said that the BJP government wants to kill her husband and alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party chief is not getting insulin in jail.

"BJP govt wants to kill my husband Arvind Kejriwal; he is not getting insulin in jail," Sunita Kejriwal said during the I.N.D.I.A bloc's Ulgulan Nyay Rally in Ranchi.

Sunita also said that the BJP government has put Arvind Kejriwal and Hemant Soren without proving them guilty.

"They've put Arvind Kejriwal and Hemant Soren in jail. They've put them in jail without them being proven guilty. This is a dictatorship. What is the fault of my husband? Is it providing good education, health facilities? Patriotism is in his blood. He is an IITan, he could've gone abroad, but he prioritises patriotism. As IRS, he took leaves to do public service. He has put his life at stake for people," she said.

My husband is a sugar patient who has been on insulin for 12 years; he needs 50 units of insulin daily, she added.  

However, Tihar officials countered AAP's claim saying senior specialists from AIIMS provided consultation to Kejriwal through video conference on Saturday and neither the issue of insulin was raised by Kejriwal, nor was it suggested by the doctors. The Tihar jail administration maintained that the Delhi CM stopped taking insulin months before his arrest and is on a basic anti-diabetes oral medicine.

The report, submitted by the Tihar director general to Lt Governor VK Saxena, said that the chief minister's health was reviewed on April 10 and April 15 by a medicine specialist who advised oral anti-diabetic drugs and it is incorrect to state that Kejriwal was denied insulin at any point of time during his treatment. 

Meanwhile, several opposition leaders have also raised their voice in support of Kejriwal.

Reacting to the controversy over the Delhi CM's health in Tihar jail, Samajwadi party president Akhilesh Yadav said he has a fundamental right to good health and demanded a high level cognisance of the news that he is being denied insulin.

Kejriwal 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 Tihar jail since April 1.