Hyderabad, March 11 -- Bharatiya Rashtra Samiti (BRS) Working President KTR on Wednesday alleged that the Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar decided to dismiss the pending disqualification petitions against allegedly defected MLAs "under immense pressure" and slammed Rahul Gandhi as "a joke of a leader."

Speaking with the media, KTR accused the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha of portraying himself as a saviour of the Constitution, while talking about defections, on the other hand, condemning the Congress for "assaulting the Constitution."

"Telangana Speaker was under immense pressure to take this decision. Rahul Gandhi is a joke of a leader. On one hand, he flaunts the constitution of India and continues to...