New Delhi, July 17 - Members of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) walked out of the Lok Sabha Friday to protest Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 'capitulation' to Pakistan though they agreed to a parliament debate over the issue.

Soon after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh read out in the Lok Sabha a statement on his meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt Friday, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani said: 'You have delinked terrorism and the composite dialogue. Why have you taken seven months to decide on this?'

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who served as foreign minister earlier, replied: 'If the opposition wants, we can have a structured discussion. There is no provision in this house to seek clarification from the prime minister on his statement.