The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Thursday flayed Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's interpretation of Hindutva in his Goa musings, in which he had described as unacceptable some people's projection of Hindutva in a narrow, rigid and extremist manner.

It said those ready to make "any kind of compromise to save their chair had no right to make such comments".

VHP vice-president Giriraj Kishore said, "Neither the opposition parties accept his interpretation nor those he claims to be part of."

He added, "We oppose his views and exhort all Hindus to come together in the fight against terrorism and to build a grand temple at Ayodhya. We have lost faith in politicians. Their stand depends on the elections."

He said he didn't see any difference between the prime minister and his deputy Lal Kishenchand Advani for "as a politician, I don't have faith in Advani".

But the Bharatiya Janata Party came to the prime minister's defence.

"What the prime minister has said is in keeping with the party's views on Hindutva and this has completely unnerved our political opponents, who are trying to find fault with our concept of cultural nationalism, propounded by renowned poet Rabindranath Tagore," party spokesman Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in New Delhi.

Naqvi said the BJP would focus on security and development during the upcoming assembly polls.

"Hindutva or Bharateeyata, which is true nationalism, is the only guarantee for maintaining the secular character of the country," he added.