Gopalganj, Apr 07: Deputy Prime Minister, L K Advani today claimed that Vajpayee wave was sweeping the country and if the NDA returned to power, it would ensure pucca roads, houses, drinking water facility and hospitals in all the six lakh villages in the country. Addressing election meetings at Bathnakuti and here, Advani, whose Bharat Uday Yatra entered Bihar from Uttar Pradesh this morning, said there is a 'massive Vajpayee wave' sweeping across the country. This election will decide the direction for building up the country.

''If we return to power, there will not be a single out of the six lakh villages in the country where there will be dearth of drinking water, roads, pucca houses and hospitals,'' he said. He said there was a keen contest between the two alliances (the NDA and the Congress) during this election in the country.

Meanwhile, Laloo Prasad Yadav today claimed that Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani's Bharat Uday Yatra in Bihar was a "flop show", even as huge crowds turned up alongside the roads when the BJP leader's rath entered the state. Bureau Report