Asserting that the issue of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha was in the "exclusive domain" of the Speaker, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said the government would be happy to have a recognised LoP in the House like in the Rajya Sabha.

Hitting out at Congress, Naidu accused the party of running a campaign in the media casting aspersions on the Speaker and claiming that the government did not want a Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

He criticised Congress leader Kamal Nath for his remarks that the decision of the Speaker in the matter would be "flavoured" by the view of the BJP government.

Naidu said that he regretted that even without formally staking claim some Congress leaders were talking of going to courts on the issue.