Kejriwal on a ‘sorry’ spree, apologises to Gadkari, Sibal
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal apologised to Union minister Nitin Gadkari and Congress leader Kapil Sibal for accusing them of corruption — the latest in his attempts to settle defamation cases filed against him by rival politicians.
“I have nothing personal against you. I regret the same. Let us put the incident behind us and bring the court proceedings to a closure,” said Kejriwal in a letter to transport minister Gadkari.
Kejriwal last week apologised to Punjab politician Bikram Singh Majithia. Gadkari had filed a defamation suit against Kejriwal, chief of the Aam Aadmi Party, for calling him in 2014 one of the most corrupt politicians in the country. Kejriwal had then refused to bow down or withdraw his statement against Gadkari.
On Monday, Kejriwal and Gadkari filed a joint application seeking withdrawal of the defamation case from Delhi’s Patiala House court.
Kejriwal also apologised to former Union minister Kapil Sibal. The lawyer’s son Amit, himself a lawyer, had filed a defamation suit against Kejriwal for alleging that his father had a conflict of interest in seeking to revise a tax demand on telecom major Vodafone.
“Kejriwal Ji and Sisodia ji have accepted that the allegations they had put on me and my son in a press conference few years ago were baseless. They’ve apologised for the same today. He has apologised for what he did everything is forgotten now, we will move ahead,” Kapil Sibal said.
“We will apologise to people who we have hurt. We’re here to serve the people, we do not have the time to go to courts for such issues. We’re here to build schools & hospitals for the welfare of people,” Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia told ANI about the apologies.
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