Congress president Rahul Gandhi has once again landed in trouble, now for not paying attention to President Ram Nath Kovind's joint address of the Parliament on Thursday.

Rahul Gandhi was seen scrolling through his phone and then typing away for about 24 minutes of President Kovind's one-hour speech.

While his mother and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi listened to the speech and even applauded in between, Rahul Gandhi did not laud the President for any of the topics he spoke on.

Rahul Gandhi was also seen clicking photos of the Parliament and talking to Sonia Gandhi for about 20 minutes while President Kovind continued to discuss key achievements of the Modi government in the past five years.

When the entire House broke into a loud round of applause after President Kovind mentioned the Uri surgical strikes and the Balakot airstrike, even Sonia Gandhi thumped the table in appreciation but Rahul Gandhi kept staring at the floor unmoved.

This prompted Sonia Gandhi to stare at him a few times but Rahul Gandhi continued to sit still.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said the people of India have given a "clear mandate" to accelerate the country's development journey that started in 2014.

The President also said that the Narendra Modi government is moving ahead to create a strong, secure and inclusive India.

In his address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament in the historic Central Hall, the President noted that women came out in large numbers to exercise their franchise in the general elections.

He also heaped praises on the Modi government for the strikes and managing to get Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar listed as a global terrorist in the United Nations.

(With inputs from Mausami Singh)