New Delhi: Government on December 5 claimed that a unanimous view has been arrived at on the controversial disinvestment process.

"A unanimous view was arrived at and reported to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister directed Arun Shourie to make a statement about it in Parliament," Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie told reporters after an informal meeting convened by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to resolve the vexatious issue of sale of equity in two oil Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) -- HPCL (Hindustan Petroleum Corp[oration Limited) and BPCL (Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited).

Shourie declined to take any question including whether he was happy or not about the outcome of the over an hour long deliberations in which Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, Defence Minister George Fernandes, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik, External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha and Finance Minister Jaswant Singh took part.

On persistent queries, Shourie said, "I have been asked to make just a one line statement."

He said that he would seek time from Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi and Rajya Sabha Chairman B S Shekhawat.

PTI