Times
of India: New Delhi: Sunday, 22 February 2015.
There is no
record available that shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a tea seller on
railway platforms or trains during his childhood, an RTI query has revealed.
A Congress
supporter and social activist Tehseen Poonawalla, had sought information under
the Right to Information (RTI) Act from the railway board about whether there
was any record, registration number or official pass issued to Modi allowing or
entitling him to sell tea on trains and at stations.
Quoting the
RTI response from the railway ministry, Poonawalla said: "No such
information is available in TG III branch of tourism and catering directorate
of railway board."