"Who Will Compensate?" Traders Claim Rs 11,000 Crore Loss Due To INDIA Bloc Rally

Delhi traders' body has claimed a loss of business worth Rs 11,000 crore due to the INDIA bloc rally at the Ramlila Grounds in the Capital on Sunday. Coming bang in the midst of the festive and shopping season, many prominent markets around the venue were shut due to the rally. In its detailed assessment of losses, the Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) has claimed that traders lost Rs 11,000 crore in business due to the rally. The traders' association had, in the run-up to the rally, written multiple letters to the Opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, appealing for the postponement of the rally to post-Diwali.