Why Indian minister carrying telephone in Parliament?

Indian Union Minister Prakash Javadekar was captured in camera using a landline-receiver in order to avoid the harmful radiation released by mobile phones, outside the Parliament, on Friday.

In order to safeguard himself from the radiation, Javadekar was seen talking over the purple landline-receiver - attached to his cellphone.

Reports, the Asian News International (ANI), an Indian news agency based in New Delhi.

Javedkar was clicked with the landline-receiver outside the Parliament when he came to attend the winter session.

The minister, however, didn't disclose the reason of carrying the prop.