Hyderabad, March 13 -- I think expecting the lawful course of action in India is like playing a game of roulette. You never know when it will actually go, because the law is used however anyone wants to use it as per their convenience. I am of course referring to the Telangana Speaker's decision to dismiss the disqualification petitions against BRS MLAs who had defected to the ruling Congress.

10 MLAs of the BRS one by one quit and joined the Congress, all in public view. There are photos, there are statements and what not. I thought these would be taken into consideration by the Telangana Speaker before rejecting the Bharat Rashtra Samithi's (BRS) petitions seeking disqualification as per the anti-defection law to prevent exactly this....