‘Will I risk paralysis to get bail?’: Arvind Kejriwal denies eating sugary foods in prison

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday told a city court that the Enforcement Directorate was politicising his diet in prison, The Hindu reported.

A day earlier, the central agency had alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party chief, a diabetic, was deliberately eating sweets and mangoes to raise his blood sugar, which he could then cite to seek bail. The Aam Aadmi Party, on the other hand, alleged a conspiracy to kill Kejriwal in jail by denying him insulin and other medicines for his diabetes.

On Friday, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Kejriwal, said that his client was following a diet chart prepared by his doctor before his arrest. “Am I going to risk paralysis to get bail?" the lawyer asked.

Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in the liquor policy case. He was sent to Delhi’s Tihar jail on April 1 and the court then permitted him to eat home-cooked food as per the diet prescribed to him by his doctors.

Singhvi on Friday said that mangoes were part of only three meals out of 48 sent to him in jail.

“Their [Enforcement Directorate’s] statements are completely false and malicious,” he told the court, according to The Hindu. “Just because you have a lot of influence in the media, you are...

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