Delhi Minister Atishi has been admitted to the hospital after her health condition deteriorated as she was on an indefinite hunger strike against the Haryana government for not releasing 100 million gallons per day (MGD) of water thus creating water crisis in the national capital.
According to the press release, her weight has also dropped. Compared to the first day of the fast, on the third day, the blood sugar level of the Delhi Water Minister has dropped by 26 units. Also, her diastolic (lower) blood pressure has also reached 56 mmHg.
Even as Delhi Water Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi continued her indefinite hunger strike for the second day today alleging that Haryana is supplying less water per day to Delhi, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena said that the AAP-led Delhi government is playing the same blame gam
Delhi unit BJP Chief Virendraa Sachdeva termed the indefinite hunger strike of Delhi Minister Atishi against the water crisis a "political drama" to distract from alleged water theft.
The AAP leader began her strike on Friday, when she was accompanied by Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh and other members of the party at Bhogal, near Jangpura.
Amid the political tug-of-war on the water crisis, Delhi's Water Minister Atishi sat on an indefinite hunger strike on Friday, alleging that the Haryana government is not releasing Delhi's share of water.
Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Sunday said that he will once again go on a hunger strike from 4th June if the Maratha reservation issue is not resolved by the state government.
Punjab BJP leader SS Channy took a dig at the one-day hunger strike observed by the Aam Admi Party (AAP) members at Jantar Mantar in protest against the arrest of party national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the Delhi excise policy case on Sunday.
With the AAP leaders observing a day-long hunger strike at Jantar Mantar against the arrest of party national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the Delhi excise policy case on Sunday, Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said that the supporters of democracy all over the co