An apology that Arvind Kejriwal tendered to Bikram Singh Majithia after the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections has come back to haunt him, with Majithia pulling out the old letter after Kejriwal’s latest jibe at the Akalis over drugs.

Ahead of the 2017 polls, Kejriwal had accused Majithia, then a minister in the SAD-BJP government, of being a drug dealer. But in 2018, he apologised to Majithia in a defamation case, leaving his own party leaders red-faced.

Among the most upset was Sukhpal Singh Khaira, then an AAP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly. The party had made the drug menace a major election issue, and Kejriwal’s apology appeared to undercut its stand. Khaira’s displeasure reflected the unease within the Punjab unit over the sudden retreat from an allegation that had been central to the party’s campaign.

Nearly a decade after the 2017 election, the issue has resurfaced.…