India, Nov. 2 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday brushed aside worries that the INDIA bloc's 'Chalo Delhi' rally would hurt business in the capital, calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah the country's "only two traders" and saying that losses suffered by them were acceptable.

Speaking to a news agency before the mobilisation, Raut said there were "no real concerns among the traders" and that in India the "only two 'traders'" were Modi ji and Shah ji, who were "certainly suffering losses". If such movements cost the two leaders, "then so be it", he added.

The MP said lakhs of people were travelling to Delhi despite attempts to stop them, and argued that every barricade would only enlarge the crow...