India, Oct. 24 -- The Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) has written to the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, urging him to postpone the INDIA bloc's protest rally scheduled for November 1 at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan.

In a letter to the Congress leader, CTI chairman Brijesh Goyal has cited a potential business loss of Rs.10,000 crore during the peak festive season if the protest takes place on the currently decided date. Goyal said that in total, Delhi sees business worth Rs.25,000 during the festive period, and also claimed that traders had faced losses of up to Rs.3,000 crore owing to the protests and subsequent preventive measures last month.

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