Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Khaat’ panchayat ended in the loot of wooden cots in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh today. (ANI)

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘khaat’ panchayat in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh turned into an aggressive scramble for the ‘khatiyas’ today as people fought to take possession of the wooden cots. As soon as Rahul ended his speech, people started fighting over the wooden cots. Those who managed to grab one took it home. Men, women and even children were seen carrying the woodden cots — some on bikes, some on cycle and some even carried them cots on their head.

In a bid to return to power in Uttar Pradesh after 27 years, the Congress today kicked off 2500-km Deoria to Delhi ‘Kisan Yatra’ from Panchlari Kritpura village. Rahul is expected to have similar ‘khaat’ panchayats in several villages where the Congress party has arranged the wooden cots, which are mostly used by villagers. The ‘khatia’ loot, however, triggered the funny bones always eager of Twitterati. Here are some of the hilarious tweets.

This reminds “Khatia tod paan” which paanwallas dish out to impotent man to perform better at night.
Will it help?? https://t.co/am2kCvpgQa

— Sudeepसुदीपسدیپ (@sudeepbose) September 6, 2016

Hum khatiya de chuke sanam ? #ReplaceMovieNamesWithKhaat

— Harshit™G (@Harshu_2288) September 6, 2016

Main Khatiya tere aangan ki #ReplaceMovieNamesWithKhaat

— Yogendra S Sikarwar (@ProfYogendra) September 6, 2016

#ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat, RaGa is into Khatiya politics & we thought we left Govinda / Karishma behind in the 90s, @KingKatriar @kush07

— Sumit Shah (@julushah) September 6, 2016

Dilwale Khatiya Le Jayenge #ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat

— Sanjay Deshpande (@sdeshpan2010) September 6, 2016

Khatiya Ke Paar
#ReplaceMovieNamesWithKhaat

— RandhirSingh (@_RandhirSingh_) September 6, 2016

Do gaz khatiya k neeche

#ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat

— Manesha (@Manesha76) September 6, 2016

khatiya singh- born to sit #ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat

— anurag singh (@AnuragSingh207) September 6, 2016

UP-wale Khatiya Le Jayenge#ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat

— Shwetank (@shwetankbhushan) September 6, 2016

Dum Lagake ‘Khatiya’#ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat

— TheSanMonk (@TheSanMonk) September 6, 2016

RAGA is so smart dat 2 avoid ppl leavng his speech midway he informd dem in advanc they can take Khatiya with them aftr da speech#KhatSabha

— sachin kumar (@I_SachinK) September 6, 2016

From Chai pe charcha to Rahul Gandhi’s khatiya pe charcha, Indian politics has really started at grass-root level

— Gini Khan (@giniromet) September 6, 2016

With the success of Khatiya Rally, Cong planning to change their symbol to Khatiya 😛

— Vijay (@centerofright) September 6, 2016

Tumhare Khatia Humare paas hai #ReplaceMovieNameswithKhaat

— shaktiman (@JesusChristRetu) September 6, 2016

During his address to the panchayat, Rahul said that the Narendra Modi-led government has failed to address the woes of farmers. Through the ‘Kisan Rally’, Rahu said, “We will propose three demands to PM Modi — waving of farmers’ loans, reduction in electricity tariff and an increase in the minimum support price for farmers’ produce.”