Latching on to Supreme Court’s observations on Leader of Opposition issue, Congress on Friday said it “vindicates” the party’s stand and alleged that the Speaker’s decision to deny the LoP status to it in Lok Sabha appeared “coloured by BJP’s partisan agenda”.br “The Supreme Court’s observation has actually vindicated what the Congress and the UPA have been saying through out. The decision of the Speaker was in utter disregard to law and appears to be clearly influenced and coloured by the partisan agenda of the BJP led government,” Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma said soon after the Supreme Court agreed to interpret LoP provision for the purpose of appointment of Lokpal in which LoP is a selection committee member.