Claims, counter-claims by AAP, Tihar Jail on insulin to Kejriwal

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday said Tihar authorities were "lying" about specialist doctors examining Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, while his wife Sunita Kejriwal alleged that he was being denied insulin for diabetes as "they want to kill" him.

However, Tihar officials countered AAP's claim saying senior specialists from AIIMS provided consultation to the chief minister through video conference on Saturday and "neither the issue of insulin was raised by Kejriwal, nor was it suggested by the doctors".

Carrying insulin vials in their hands, AAP leaders and workers protested outside the Tihar jail in west Delhi.

They held placards and posters with the slogans, 'Give insulin to Arvind Kejriwal' and "Don't play with the life of Arvind Kejriwal'.

Delhi minister Atishi claimed Kejriwal's life is danger due to the actions of the Tihar administration.

Sunita Kejriwal raised the issue of her husband's health at an INDIA block rally in the Jharkhand capital and asserted that the opposition will fight against the "dictatorship" of the BJP and win.

"They want to kill my husband Arvind Kejriwal. His food is under camera observation; he is denied insulin. My husband is a sugar patient who has been on insulin for 12 years; he needs 50 units of insulin daily," she said at the Ulgulan Nyay Rally in Ranchi. (PTI)