Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has smartly handled economic concerns voiced by local merchants by calling on opposition supporters to shop at local retail markets before and after attending the INDIA alliance rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
The opposition alliance organized the massive political gathering amidst ongoing festive preparations for Diwali. Fearing that heavy political rallies and traffic disruptions during the peak shopping season would harm seasonal sales, local merchant associations had previously appealed to opposition leadership to postpone their political programs until after the festival.
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