Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani on Thursday said the National Democratic Alliance would come back to power with more seats under its belt than what it won in the 1999 Lok Sabha election.
Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters in Delhi Advani said the people would return the NDA to power on the basis of good governance, development and stability provided under the leadership of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
"Wherever I went I got good response from the people. The people who came to participate in the Bharat Uday Yatra have also got our message that Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies can provide them stable government and development," he said.
"If we fail to deliver the people of India would not forgive us. I would say that throughout my yatra I have seen a huge wave in favour of the ruling alliance," he said.
Sharing his experience with newsmen Advani said that during his 8500 kilometre Bharat Uday Yatra in two phases he came across cities like Hyderabad and Bangalore and places like Kalahandi and some other places in Bihar, which are witnessing acute poverty and hunger.
Advani singled out Bihar government in particular and said that the people of the state were clamouring for a change in the administration. "The people of Bihar feel that India is shining. They do not want to be left behind," he said.
"Some parties had deliberately raised the question that my yatra would lead to communal clashes. But this has not happened. May be they wanted this to happen," he said.
He said that it would be in the interest of the Indian democracy if there were two main political parties. "I would want a bipolar polity. Sometimes I dread that the way our opposition party is going it may not become a unipolar polity with BJP and its allies in the saddle. That would not be good for democracy," he added.
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