Arvind Kejriwal says sorry to Nitin Gadkari & Kapil Sibal’s son; More cases dropped

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• A Delhi court acquitted Arvind Kejriwal in two defamation cases after he tendered written apologies.
• The cases were filed by Union minister Nitin Gadkari and advocte Amit Sibal, son of Congress leader Kapil Sibal.
• Kejriwal's “sorry” spree has drawn flak from within and outside his party

A city court acquitted Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in two defamation cases — one filed by Union minister Nitin Gadkari and the other by advocate Amit Sibal, son of Congress leader Kapil Sibal — after he tendered written apologies. Kejriwal had earlier apologised to Akali leader B S Majithia. Though the “sorry” spree has drawn flak from within and outside the party, Kejriwal seems determined to apologise his way out of the over two dozen defamation cases he still faces.

Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said the party wasn’t interested in “ego fights”. He, however, did not clarify whether Kejriwal also planned to apologise to Union finance minister Arun Jaitley.

Sisodia too tendered his apology in the Amit Sibal case and was acquitted. In Gadkari’s criminal defamation case, additional chief metropolitan magistrate Samar Vishal observed, “In view of the joint application, accompanied by the letter of regret and the statements of counsel of both the parties, this defamation case under Section 500 IPC, filed by Nitin Gadkari against Arvind Kejriwal, stands compounded and accused Kejriwal stands acquitted…” Gadkari had filed a criminal defamation case against Kejriwal for alleging that he was involved in corruption.

In his apology letter dated March 16, Kejriwal wrote, “Both of us are in public life belonging to different political parties. I made certain statements without regard to its verifiability, which seems to have hurt you.... 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. I suggest we should put our energy to serve the people of this country, in the spirit of mutual respect.”

Gadkari, through senior advocate Pinki Anand, and Kejriwal, through lawyers Rishikesh Kumar and Mohd Irshad, filed a joint application seeking withdrawal of the former's defamation complaint.

In the other defamation case filed by Amit Sibal against Kejriwal, the court took on record a joint application filed by both parties.

 

2 dozen sorry's aa......pulkas.....