The AAP staged a protest outside Asia’s biggest prison Tihar on Sunday to show their anger against the BJP Government’s alleged failure to provide insulin to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, currently lodged in the jail in the alleged excise policy linked money laundering scam, shouting ‘Give insulin to Arvind Kejriwal’ and ‘Don’t play with the life of Arvind Kejriwal’ slogans. Carrying insulin, senior AAP leader and Delhi Minister Atishi, alongside MLA Sanjeev Jha and party Spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar, led the demonstration, accompanied by other prominent leaders and activists and demanded that insulin be given to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is suffering from diabetes.

Scores of party workers carrying placards saying ‘Kejriwal ko insulin do’ sang ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ outside the jail. Tensions escalated as supporters attempted to deliver insulin injections and jail officials refused to accept the medication, sparking outrage among protesters. Atishi condemned the officials’ actions, accusing the BJP of endangering Kejriwal’s life by withholding vital treatment.

 “This is not a protest. The people of Delhi are worried about the health of Chief Minister Kejriwal who is diabetic. They have sent insulin for him,” she said. Atishi alleged there is a “conspiracy” to harm Kejriwal.

Amid the Tihar jail stating that the CM had stopped taking insulin months before being lodged in the jail in a report to the Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, Atishi said, “The Tihar jail administration should send its report to the Delhi government, but it is sending it to the LG. It is clear from these incidents that at present the Tihar jail administration is working completely under the LG, as per his orders.”

Further, the Minister said, “After so long, the Tihar administration wrote a letter to AIIMS on Saturday that they need a specialist doctor for diabetes. It means that for so long, the Tihar administration has been lying to the court that Shri Arvind Kejriwal is being medically monitored.”