DPM L.K. Advani, on his 8,000-km long ‘Bharat Uday Yatra’ from Kanyakumari, was forced to travel by a car from Palakkad in Kerala to this city following some technical snag in his state-of-the-art ‘‘rath.’’ Advani, who addressed several meetings in Kerala enroute to the city, was behind schedule as his specially built bus was not running at the required speed, police sources said. Since he was scheduled to address a public meeting here around 7.30 pm and considering security reasons, he continued his journey by a car. — (PTI)