India, Feb. 16 -- Tamil Nadu BJP president Nainar Nagendran on Monday apologised hours after he made remarks about actor Trisha Krishnan that triggered backlash.

"In my political career I do not allow any personal comments and nor do I make any. But that day I deviated from it," Nagendran said.

Nagendran added that BJP national Mahila Morcha president Vanathi Srinivasan and former state president K Annamalai had also made him understand that he should not have made such remarks. "I full heartedly apologise," Nagendran said.

Nagendran on Saturday took Krishnan's name while responding to a question about Vijay, the president of the fledgling Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), who will be making his electoral debut in the upcoming elections...