Indore, March 23 -- BJP member of Parliament Ravi Shankar Prasad has accused Lok Sabha's Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi of "disregarding" the rules of the merit system and questioned the qualification of the Congress MP to be appointed as LoP.

Prasad's criticism come in the wake of Rahul Gandhi's "merit a flawed concept" remark in a

in a discussion with professor Sukhadeo Thorat, a member of the Telangana caste survey panel. The Congress leader discussed the need for a caste census in the interview with Professor Thorat, a well-known educationist, economist, and expert on Dalit issues.

Addressing a press conference, Prasad said, "Rahul Gandhi has again made a wise statement. He has said that there is no such thing as a merit system ...