’Arvind Kejriwal may go into coma, suffer brain stroke in Tihar jail’, warns AAP minister Atishi

Amid an ongoing debate about Delhi Chief Arvind Kejriwal's health, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister Atishi has claimed that the jailed AAP supremo is at risk of going into a coma, ‘having brain stroke, brain haemorrhage or can even die’. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is lodged in Tihar jail after he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21 in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi government's now-scrapped excise policy 2021-22.

Atishi shared a video wherein she highlighted that CM Kejriwal had been suffering from diabetes for ‘30 years’ now. “The BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) is trying to permanently damage his (Arvind Kejriwal) health, his body,” she alleged.

"The BJP is trying to permanently damage the health of Arvind Kejriwal. Arvind Kejriwal has been a diabetic patient for 30 years. Any doctor can tell that in diabetes, either sugar levels go extremely high or extremely low. When sugar levels go up, patients can gradually have a serious illness. But if it drops drastically, then it can be fatal. The person can go into a coma, have brain stroke, brain haemorrhage, or can even die," Atishi said.

Arvind Kejriwal's health

According to Kejriwal's health report shared by the Tihar jail, the chief minister weighed 65 kg when he first came to prison on April 1 and 66 kg between April 8 and 29. When he returned to prison on June 2 after a 21-day bail, his weight was 63.5 kg.

"On July 14, his weight was 61.5 kg. So, effectively, he lost 2 kg," ANI quoted a Tihar jail official as saying.

The jail officials' clarification came a day after the AAP asserted that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal lost 8.5 kg in prison.

The officials added that Kejriwal's health is under regular monitoring by an AIIMS medical board. AAP MP Sanjay Singh mentioned that Tihar authorities acknowledged Kejriwal's fluctuating sugar levels and confirmed his weight loss.

Debate over CM Kejriwal's bail

The statements come as the AAP has been mounting pressure to release CM Kejriwal. The AAP has alleged that the BJP used its ‘political tool ED’ to jail Kejriwal in a ‘false case’.

CM Kejriwal was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court on July 12 in the money laundering case. However, he remains in jail despite the interim bail as he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a corruption case related to the alleged scam on June 26. 

The AAP has alleged that the BJP “had him (Kejriwal) arrested by their another political tool, the CBI”.