Ramlila Maidan protest: The BJP has dismissed the Opposition bloc INDIA's exercise as "melodrama". Delhi is witnessing a day of political mobilisation and protests around the INDIA bloc rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 1, with the BJP planning a counter-protest in the capital. As people started arriving for INDIA bloc's November 1 mega rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, Rahul Gandhi urged protesters travelling to the capital to shop at local stores.