New Delhi, Jan 22 (Reporter) The Supreme Court on Monday, after noting that the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has withdrawn his alleged defamatory remarks against the Gujaratis and tendered an apology, asked the petitioner to withdraw the defamation case against him. A bench comprising Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan asked the counsel of the complainant Haresh Mehta if the prosecution was any longer necessary since Yadav had withdrawn his remarks. “The statement is very clear now, make up your mind now why you want to prosecute the complaint?” The bench asked the complainant's lawyer, who sought time to get instructions from his client, “Just see the statement made by him. He has withdrawn that part of the statement in which he has used certain expressions. So what more remains now?” Tejashwi Yadav filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court that he has withdrawn the remarks made by him about Gujaratis and tendered his apology. Yadav filed an affidavit in the apex court seeking to transfer from Ahmedabad to a neutral venue the criminal defamation case filed against him. The allegations against Yadav stem from a purported statement made by him during a media address on March 22, 2023 in which he said, "Jo do thag hai naa, jo thag hai, thagi ko jo anumati hai, aaj ke desh ke halat mein dekha jayein toh sirf Gujarati hi thag ho sakte hai aur uske thag ko maaf kiya jaayega. LIC ka paisa, bank ka p bank ka paisa de do, fir vo log leke bhaag jaayenge, toh kaun jimmedar hoga" (The two cheats that are there, the permission is given to cheats only. If today's situation in the country is seen, then only Gujaratis can be cheats and their cheating will be forgiven. They will be given LIC's money, banks' money and they will run away with it...////...