New Delhi, July 27 - Dispelling speculation about a rift in the ruling Congress over the India-Pakistan statement in Egypt, the party said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will clear the air in parliament Wednesday.

'The Congress is confident (that) when the prime minister speaks in parliament July 29, he will set at rest all the questions, all apprehensions and speculation relating to the Indo-Pak joint statement at Sharm-el-Sheikh in Egypt,' Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said here.

The joint statement seeks to delink the issue of terrorism from the composite dialogue process between India and Pakistan.

The prime minister is to make a speak in parliament about the statement following criticism by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that he had capitulated to Pakistan.