Hum Khaat De Chuke Sanam: Rahul Gandhi's khaat sarkaoed on Twitter
Rahul Gandhi's speech caused quite a stir among dissatisfied farmers. Photo: ANI
Rahul Gandhi's "forgotten farmers" tour in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh was a steal. Literally, getting off to an eventful start on Tuesday. Rahul is trying a new way to connect with the farmers this time around, his "khaat sabha" is supposed to be a new take on the traditional village meetings.
Rahul came ready to raise a storm about how "suit boot ki sarkar" led by PM Modi has forgotten farmers in his quest to please the industrialists. But the only thing that was raised at the event were "khatiyaas" by locals who ran away with the new wooden cots after the event got over at the Dudhnath Baba Mandir ground in Deoria.
It was a complete and unexpected pandemonium as soon as Rahul ended his meeting, with locals scampering around, looking to get hold of one of the new khatiyaas set up by the state unit of the Congress for the event.
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| Rahul's speech caused quite a stir among dissatisfied farmers. Photo: Twitter/@ANI |
Here's what happened:
"Modiji talked a lot about farmers and how he intended to help them. But as soon as he came to power, farmers were promptly forgotten," alleged Rahul Gandhi.
"When our government was in power we waived farm loans. This time Modiji has waived over 50,000 crore in loans for his corporate friends. Why not for the farmers too?" he added.
After some more of this, Rahul's speech ended and his entourage took off, leaving 2,000 khatiyaas behind.
After meeting four families in Pachladi village Deoria, @OfficeOfRG to now hold #KhatSabha shortly @ETPolitics pic.twitter.com/mIso3F73aY
— ManMohan Rai (@ManMohanRaiET) September 6, 2016
The contrast was too much to handle. With Rahul rallying against the "anti-farmer" Modi sarkar in the backdrop of the villagers scrounging for the wooden cots, it was, inevitably, a fun riot on Twitter.
WATCH: Chaos breaks out as locals fight for Khatiyas(wooden cots) after Rahul Gandhi's Khat Sabha in Deoria ends pic.twitter.com/4tUxP81L1w
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) September 6, 2016
Khat being stolen by those who attended @OfficeOfRG's Khat Sabha. @ETPolitics @IndianPAC @samajwadiparty @BJP4India pic.twitter.com/QMjYqjcl3h
— ManMohan Rai (@ManMohanRaiET) September 6, 2016
A village woman taking away Khat from @OfficeOfRG's Khat Sabha conceived by @IndianPAC #PrashantKishore. @ETPolitics pic.twitter.com/2xoM4UMzRk
— ManMohan Rai (@ManMohanRaiET) September 6, 2016
???? ?? ??? ???? ?? ??. Photo: @ManMohanRaiET pic.twitter.com/XxeENtUpX5
— Kamlesh Singh (@kamleshksingh) September 6, 2016
Ration card banwane wali machine loot Li gayi pic.twitter.com/sRy6ayeQI6
— ????? (@indiantweeter) September 6, 2016
Looks like PK is going to have to buy new khatiyas for Rahul's next event. Hahaha. Welcome to the wild world of UP politics!
— Krishan Partap Singh (@RaisinaSeries) September 6, 2016
Things took another turn as #KhaatHysteria went up a notch and #ReplaceMovieNamesWithKhat started trending on Twitter.
??? ???? ??? ?? ?????? #ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat
— Anil Khanna (@anilkhanna248) September 6, 2016
My name is Khaat #ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat
— Tajinder Pal S Bagga (@TajinderBagga) September 6, 2016
This tweet in particular captured the plight of the local khaat stealers.
Khaat Zameen par #replacemovienameswithkhaat
— Gurtar Singh (@gurtarsingh) September 6, 2016
Hum khaat de chuke sanam : featuring Raga. ??????#ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat ?? https://t.co/nIAJUzTK4I
— Pritesh Upadhyay (@Absolutely_Prit) September 6, 2016
??? ??? ??? ??? ???? ?? #ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat
— VARUN SHARMA (@iamvarunsharma) September 6, 2016
Udta Khaat... #ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat pic.twitter.com/aAN8ME9gM4
— Voice of Assam (@BJPAssam2016) September 6, 2016
Kabhi Khushi kabhi khaat #ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat
— ????? (@indiantweeter) September 6, 2016
Meine Khaat se pyar kiya #ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat https://t.co/VgJzR0YNNp
— simanta talukdar (@enigma15in) September 6, 2016
Prem ratan khaat payo #ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat
— Shashank Sharma (@shankyjii) September 6, 2016
The curtain fell in style. It was truly over and out for "khatalyst" Rahul.
Khat-am.
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) September 6, 2016