New Delhi, May 29: VHP today said political parties including BJP played a hygenic role in the national life as does a toilet within a household. VHP senior vice-president Acharya Giriraj Kishore made this comment when his attention was drawn at a press conference to BJP president Venkaiah Naidu's suggestion that a mosque could be built alongside the Ram temple at Ayodhya.

He said Naidu was not the chief of Sangh Parivar but a "small segment" of the Sangh - BJP.

He then proceeded to quote RSS founder Guru Golwalkar to say, "like toilets in a household, political parties have a role to play in national life."

Bureau Report