Updated on Saturday, November 08, 2008, 00:00 IST

Mumbai, Nov 08: Locked in a war of words with the Home Minister on the issue of legalising homosexuality, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday said that his discussions with Shivraj Patil have "not been fruitful" and he would approach the Prime Minister for a speedy resolution.

Ramadoss, who met Home Minister Patil on the matter yesterday, said "it was not fruitful from the Health Ministry's point of view".

Noting that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had asked him to sort out the issue with the Home Minister, Ramadoss said he would now go back "to the Prime Minister and we hope to have a solution quickly on that".

The two Ministries had recently expressed diverse viewpoints on the issue in the Supreme Court following which Ramadoss had said he would approach the Prime Minister on the matter.

Bureau Report