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C OM M E R C I A L B A N K S in D e l h i came t o g e t h e r on January 4 to organise a l a r g e p u b l i c m e e t i n g at the c a p i t a l ' s R a m l i l a grounds. They f o l l o w e d the w e l l e s t a b l i s h e d p r o c e d u r e s , a r r a n g i n g for t r a n s p o r t to b r i n g the c r o w d s to t h e m e e t i n g and, a c c o r d i n g to some newspaper r e p o r t s , even t h r o w i n g in an ' e n t e r t a i n m e n t allowance' of Rs 5 to Rs 15 per family as an additional i n d u c e m e n t