Wake-up call at 6.30 am, dal and roti for meal: Arvind Kejriwal’s jail routine
A cell in Tihar’s Jail No. 2 will be Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s home for the next two weeks after the AAP convenor was sent into judicial custody in the now scrapped liquor policy case. Officials told India Today that Kejriwal would be treated like any other ordinary prisoner.
The Delhi CM will be kept under 24×7 watch through CCTV cameras in his cell, the jail officials said, The Aam Admi Party (AAP) national convener will be allowed to speak to his family members over the phone for five minutes every day. His calls will be recorded as per the rules, they said.
In addition, he will also be allowed to make a video call to his family members twice a week. He will have to mention the names of the family members with whom he wants to speak, the officials said. Kejriwal, who is diabetic, will also be allowed to eat home-cooked food as ordered by the court.
According to sources, AAP leader Sanjay Singh, who was arrested in October last year in the same case, was earlier lodged in jail number 2 but was shifted to jail number five recently. Kejriwal’s former deputy Manish Sisodia is lodged in jail number one, while BRS leader K Kavitha is in jail number 6 of the women’s section.
What will Arvind Kejriwal’s prison routine look like?
Arvind Kejriwal, like other prisoners, will begin his day around 6:30 am. He will get tea and a few slices of bread for breakfast, sources. Lunch will be served between 10.30 and 11 am. It will consist of a dal (pulses), a sabzi (vegetable), and five rotis or rice.
After lunch, like other prisoners, he will be locked in his cell from noon to 3 pm. He will get a cup of tea and two biscuits at 3.30 pm. If he wants, he can meet his lawyers at 4 pm.
Kejriwal will be served dinner at 5.30 pm and will then be locked up for the night by 7 pm. The dinner will consist of dal (pulses), a sabzi (vegetable), and five rotis or rice.
Like other prisoners, he can watch television inside the jail from 5 am to 11 pm.