After the Home Minister's statement, Antulay said there is no need for further inquiry into Karkare's death.

Antulay denied that he ever raised doubts on who killed the ATS chief and ruled out apology for his controversial remarks.

He will be meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi but did not specify when.

As Chidambaram was about to make the statement on 'circumstances leading to the death of Shri Hemant Karkare and other officers of the Mumbai Police', Leader of Opposition L K Advani raised objection, saying the Opposition's demand was a statement not on the circumstances but on Antulay's comments.

"The House is agitated by the statement made by Antulay and not due to the circumstances leading to the death of Karkare," the BJP leader said.

Speaker Somnath Chatterjee asked Advani to allow the Home Minister to make the statement first and then comment on it.

However, Chatterjee's repeated pleas failed to persuade Advani and the Speaker asked Chidambaram to make the statement.

This prompted Advani to lead a walkout of BJP and other associate members of NDA.

"They have a right to walk out. I can't stop them. It is their democratic right," the Speaker said while the BJP and associate members left the House.

Soon after the Home Minister started reading out his statement, the BJP and other NDA members returned to the House, shouting slogans.

As the slogan-shouting continued, the Speaker asked Chidambaram, who was half-way through his statement, to lay the statement on the table of the House and adjourned the House for nearly two hours till 2 pm.

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