New Delhi, Aug 20 - The government will speak in one voice on the Krishna-Godavari gas row, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said after the ministerial panel set up to coordinate the government's position on the issue met for the second consecutive day late Thursday night. A statement is expected to be issued Friday.

The high-level panel, consisting of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Moily, met for over one and a half hours late Thursday evening.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had formed the panel to coordinate the government's legal stand over two overlapping disputes - supply of gas by Mukesh Ambani-headed Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) to Anil Ambani's Reliance Natural Resources Limited (RNRL), being heard in the Supreme Court, and between Reliance Industries and state-run power utility NTPC Limited, which is being adjudicated in the Bombay High Court.

After coming out of the meeting, Moily said that the government will speak on 'one voice' on the issue.

He added that the government will issue a statement on the gas row Friday.

Answering a query on the parallel row between RIL and NTPC, Moily said that the state power producer was free to take its own stand on its legal case.