Twice before Advani undertook his yatra's.One that unseated the VP Singh Government in 1990 and the other in 1997 officially to commerate 50 years of Indian Independence and more so to canvass BJP votes.

There is a marked difference between those two and this one. Last time Advani fancied himself as some one resembling the mythical warrior Arjuna and rode on a rath (Chariot) ensembled bus.

This time, Advani and Co are trying to propogate the new BJP, one focussed on development. And there goes along with him a satellite fitted funky bus.

Here is an article in Rediff on the new BJP and it is aptly titled Who's the big draw? Advani or his bus