BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya makes no bones about the fact that he is a shopkeeper first and foremost because his bread and butter are made from a grocery store that his family runs in Nandanagar, Indore. So this year, too, he sat in his family-run grocery shop for two hours on Dhanteras. However busy he may be, he doesn't bunk this long practice. He also takes the seat in the shop again on Diwali - which he did this year too - for an hour in the afternoon after which he proceeds for Lakshmi Puja.
Vijayvargiya says the 60-year-old shop has been the main source of income for the family and he never had to spend extra money other than the income from it for his household expenses.