Watch Video: Chaos after Rahul Gandhi's Khaat Sabha in Deoria as villagers flee with 'khatiyas'

Rahul Gandhi's innovative concept of Khaat Sabha fell flat on the face when local villagers in Rudrapur decamped with khatiyas (cots) soon after his sabha was over. 

The Congress vice president on Tuesday held his first Khaat Sabha on the lines of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Chai pe Charcha' to kickstart his 2500km long maha padayatra in Uttar Pradesh. 

During the Khaat sabha, Congress vice president said, "Modi talks about farmers but the sad part is that when he came to power he forgot about farmers from not just UP but from across the nation."

Taking another jibe at PM Modi, he said, "Modi government pardoned the Rs 50,000 crore loan of his industrialist friends, but why does he not pardon the loan of farmers?" 

Earlier on day 1 of his Mahayatra, Gandhi visited farmers in Panchlari Kritpura village and addressed a rally in Deoria. 

The agenda of the long door-to-door campaign is to help 'secure rights of the poor, farmers and labourers in government resources', Gandhi said in a tweet.

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WATCH: Chaos breaks out as locals fight for Khatiyas(wooden cots) after Rahul Gandhi's Khat Sabha in Deoria ends pic.twitter.com/4tUxP81L1w

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Locals decamp with Khatiyas(wooden cots) after Rahul Gandhi's khat sabha in Deoria ends pic.twitter.com/PDo1Skx9ju

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Deoria (UP): Commotion breaks out as locals decamp with Khatiyas (wooden cots) after Rahul Gandhi's 'Khat Sabha.' pic.twitter.com/PbtehIr50w

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