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After PM Modi intervenes, traders say Delhi markets to remain open

CAIT, however, said that if the situation warranted it would have to revisit its decision

A view of the Gandhi Nagar textile-cloth wholesale market, during 4th phase of COVID-19 lockdown, in New Delhi
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Today, CAIT expressed satisfaction that the efforts had paid off after the prime minister made a timely intervention and the home minister held fruitful discussions with the state govt

Arnab Dutta New Delhi
Markets in Delhi will remain open as the traders’ body postponed its decision of a shutdown after Prime Minister Narendra Modi intervened. Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), a leading body of over 50 million small and medium merchants in the country, on Sunday said that the commercial markets in Delhi shall remain open.
 
Its decision came after the direct intervention of the PM Modi and aggressive steps announced by Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday. Shah, after holding a meeting with Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal and CM Arvind Kejriwal, announced several measures like doubling the number of