Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal issued apologies to both, advocate Amit Sibal as well as Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari in a bid to end criminal defamation cases they have filed. The apology comes days after his apology to former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia.

Kejriwal’s apology to Majithia had drawn severe criticism from the party’s Punjab unit which further led to the resignations of its Punjab president Bhagwant Mann and co-president Aman Arora.

Kejriwal wrote to Gadkari expressing that the party reiterated “regret” over statements he had made. He had named Gadkari in the AAP’s list of “India’s most corrupt” on January 31, 2014. In his letter, he said, “I made certain statements, without regard to its verifiability, which seem to have hurt you and therefore you have filed a defamation case against me. I have nothing personal against you. I regret the same.”

Following the apology, Kejriwal and Gadkari then submitted a joint application before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal seeking the withdrawal of the defamation case.

Kejriwal also apologised to Amit Sibal in a letter that read, “I have learnt that the allegations I made against you and your father at the press conference were unfounded. I hereby withdraw all my statements and allegations made against you and your father and apologise for the same. The damage caused to your esteem, the hurt caused to your family, friends and well-wishers and the loss caused to you is regretted.”

After the apology letter, Sibal and the AAP leaders filed a joint application in the court seeking withdrawal of the case filed in 2013.