Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has a 22-year-old namesake from Indore in Madhya Pradesh, who now wants to change his name; he wants to drop his surname.

He is fed up with the difficulties he faces while convincing others that he is not a ‘fake’ person. Working in an Indore-based textile, trader Rahul Gandhi is now considering getting rid of his famous surname.

Indore-based Rahul Gandhi says he want to remove the surname 'Gandhi' from his name as he faces issues in paper-work for having same name as the Congress leader;says,"My father was in BSF&got nickname Gandhi from officers for his good conduct.He adopted it for everyone in family" pic.twitter.com/KAFP7lwjMD — ANI (@ANI) July 30, 2019

"I have an Aadhaar card as the only document of my identity. When I furnish a copy of this document to purchase a mobile SIM card or for any other work, people consider me a fake person because of my name. They look at me with suspicion," Rahul told news agency PTI.

"When I introduce myself to unknown people over phone, many of them abruptly hang up, thinking I am a fake caller," he added.

Rahul said that his family’s actual surname is not ‘Gandhi’.

"My father's name was Rajiv. He worked as a washerman in the Border Security Force and the top Officials used to address my father as Gandhi. My father developed an attachment to Gandhi surname and adopted it. My name was enrolled as Rahul Gandhi instead of Rahul Malviya in school," he said.

Rahul Gandhi: In school, I was enrolled as Rahul Gandhi instead of Rahul Malviya. My documents aren't being made as concerned depts call it a fake name. They make fun of me. People don't even issue a SIM card, driving license, loan or any other needed papers to me by this name https://t.co/ZZc7eqyE8e — ANI (@ANI) July 30, 2019

You'd think having a famous surname would be a blessing. After all, who wouldn't want to be Amitabh Bachchan or Shahrukh Khan? For this guy, sharing a name with Rahul Gandhi has proved to be a pain in the you-know-what, as people consider him a fake Rahul Gandhi! Poor guy!