Advani responded: 'We will have a structured debate, but as a mark of protest I would like my party to walk out to this apitulation.' And the BJP members then marched out of the house.

The leader of opposition alleged that India had surrendered to Pakistan's insistence that action against terror groups should not be linked to the resumption of the dialogue process.

Manmohan Singh gave a summary of his visit to France and then to Egypt for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit, and said that 'meaningful dialogue' with Pakistan will depend on Islamabad fulfilling its promise to act against the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes.