Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that efforts were made to “break” him inside the jail, while asserting that more efforts will be made when he returns to Tihar jail on June 2.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court till June 1 to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections.
“I have no clue for how long I will be in jail, but my spirits are up. I am going to jail to save the nation from dictatorship. I am proud of it,” Kejriwal said.
“They have made several attempts to silence me but they have not been successful. When I was in jail, they tortured me in several ways. They stopped my medicines. I have been a diabetes patient for 20 years, every day I take insulin injections. In jail, they stopped my insulin injection. If the sugar is high for such a long period, it can affect the liver and kidneys. I have no clue what they wanted, why they did what they did,” the CM said.
“I was in jail for 50 days, I lost six kg weight…I am still not gaining weight, doctors say this could be sign of some big underlying medical condition,” said Kejriwal.
The Delhi CM said that he will surrender on June 2 and there could be a possibility that jail authorities could torture him more.
“However, I will not bow down…I won’t be with you, but all work for Delhi will continue. Delhi citizens would continue receiving their free electricity, mohalla clinics, free medicines, free bus travel for women,” he said.
“I will soon start providing Rs 1,000 to my mothers and sisters,” he said, referring to a scheme to give Rs 1,000 monthly honorarium.