Bharatiya Janata Party West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday apologised to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for his remarks that they could have 'dragged her by her hair', saying he didn't intend to make any 'personal attack'.

"Never did I try to hurt feelings of any person or intended to make any personal attack against anyone. Whatever I said was out of emotion. I heard that some TMC leaders are shocked about my choice of words against the CM. If our CM feels insulted with the words I used, I am extremely sorry," Ghosh said in the state assembly.

Ghosh apologised in the House soon after government Deputy Chief Whip Tapas Roy strongly raised his voice against him.

The state BJP chief, however, expressed hope that fair politics would prevail in the state under the leadership of Banerjee.

Later, speaking at a press conference at the assembly press corner, Ghosh again apologised for his remarks about the chief minister. -- PTI