New Delhi, Aug 3 - The government will do everything to protect public interest which is its legal obligation, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora told Lok Sabha in a statement over the distribution of gas from Krishna-Godavari Basin by Reliance Industries Limited.

'We have nothing to do with the private dispute of companies or individuals,' Deora said Monday in a statement, amidst protests from the opposition benches.

At present, there is a dispute between Reliance Industries and the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Natural Resources over gas from the KG basin in Andhra Pradesh.

The minister said the government's position had 'only to do with public interest'.