Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's much-hyped 'Khaat pe charcha' did not yield the desired result on its first day in the Deoria district of the Poorvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, but it ended on a rather 'disastrous' note - the participants (farmers) chose to rather run away with the 'Khaats' that were arranged for them to sit relaxed and interact with Gandhi.

Soon after Gandhi left, the venue turned into a battle ground when the villagers clashed with each other to take home the 'Khaats' (Cots).

It is to be mentioned that Rahul began his 2500-km long '27 Saal UP behal Yatra' from the Deoria district to New Delhi today with a slogan of 'Karz hoga maaf, bijli hogi half'.

However, most of the farmers were not allowed to enter the venue due to the security check.

ATTACKED PM MODI

Interacting with the farmers, Rahul attacked the Centre alleging that it is anti-farmers' and anti- poor.

"Modiji must waive off loans taken by farmers in Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere in the country," he said to applause.

"We have embarked on this Yatra to know the problems of the farmers and to help Modiji understand the situation too."

"We will be reaching out to the farmers of the UP to know about their problems with a written promise to address them after we form the government in UP," he promised.

Interacting with the farmers, Rahul attacked the Centre alleging that it is anti-farmers' and anti-poor. Interacting with the farmers, Rahul attacked the Centre alleging that it is anti-farmers' and anti-poor.

COT 'WAR'

According to local journalists, about 1500 cots were arranged on the venue for the program. However, as soon as Rahul left, an open loot took place between the few thousand locals to take the cot along. People even took away broken cots saying that they could repair them.

'POLITICS PICNIC FOR CONGRESS'

Ruling Samajwadi Party spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said "Congress is very much excited with its new manager (Prashant Kishore) who keeps on organizing new melodramas every day with Rahul as its main character. They (Congress) not even know what is a cot and for them politics is only a picnic".

State BJP general secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak said, "The people of UP has shown what is going to happen to Congress after the 2017 elections (Khatiya Khadi, Bistara gol). Congress has lost its relevance and is working as the Team B of Samajwadi Party to pay for the political obligations it (Congress) has been receiving for the past many years".

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