Lok Sabha site names LK Advani a journalist, Rahul Gandhi a strategy consultant

BHOPAL: Former deputy prime minister and BJP patriarch LK Advani is a journalist by profession and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is a strategy consultant, according to the Lok Sabha website. Strangely, the nation's top two politicians and members of the 16th Lok Sabha do not have politics as their profession in their profile on the portal.

A Madhya Pradesh-based activist has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to check this crucial information and rectify it if found wrong.

"When they contested elections, Advani stated in his affidavit he was a social worker by profession and Rahul said he was a member of Parliament," activist Chandra Shekar Gaur told TOI.

"I have also requested the Speaker to ensure that contact details like email id and official phone number of Prime Minister Narendra Modi should also be provided on the website as he's also an MP. If complete details of other MPs are provided, then why should Modi be an exception? It will help people to connect with the prime minister whom they have elected," Gaur, a resident of Neemuch, told TOI.