A former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yadav alleged that the government was discriminating against his home state over supply of natural gas for the Dadri power project of Reliance Natural Resources.

Anil Ambani-led Reliance Natural Resources and elder brother Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries are fighting the bitter legal battle over the supply and pricing of gas from the fields off the Andhra Pradesh coast.

The Samajwadi Party leader's charges sparked angry reactions from the Congress members, to which Yadav clarified that he had nothing to do with the row between the two brothers brewing for nearly five years now.

The protests came after Deora issued a statement saying the government would do everything possible to protect public interest over the distribution of gas from the southern fields, said to be one of the largest such discoveries in Asia in recent years.

Glossing over the dispute between Mukesh and his brother Anil Ambani, who owns the RNRL, over gas allocation, the minister said: 'We have nothing to do with the private dispute of companies or individuals.'