Gas row: Govt fully behind OilMin, says Moily

NEW DELHI: Asserting that the government will protect its right over natural resources, Law Minister Veerappa Moily today said the Centre is fully behind the Petroleum Ministry's plea in the Supreme Court seeking delinking of gas from Ambani family deal.

"It is the Government petition that has been filed in the Supreme Court. We are fully behind the Petroleum Ministry in protecting the interest of the government," he said emerging from a meeting called by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on the issue.

Moily's assertion comes in the midst of reports that oil ministry's petition filed in the Supreme Court to assert its right to fix the gas price and seek direction to declare null and void the Ambani family MoU on the isssue could be diluted through a modified prayer.