New Delhi, Dec 18: A walkout by major opposition parties in Lok Sabha today as part of their boycott of Defence Minister George Fernandes following the Tehelka expose earned the wrath of ruling coalition with Speaker Manohar Joshi asking the BJP to finalise a draft on "some issue" and give it to the Opposition to resolve the matter. "The only thing they (Opposition) want is to have a discussion on some issue .... The ruling parties, especially the BJP, has the draft. If it is amended and approved, it can be put up before them," Joshi said after members of BJP, Samata Party and Shiv Sena protested the opposition walkout when Fernandes rose to reply to a question during question hour.

The Speaker, however, did not elaborate on what the draft was all about or what he meant by "some issue". Earlier, as soon as Fernandes rose to reply to a question on procurement procedure for armed forces, members of Congress, Left Parties and RJD walked out of the house.

When V K Malhotra (BJP) protested and asked "Is this not a matter of privilege", Joshi again said "The draft is with your party, give it to the opposition."

Referring to the demand for a privilege motion against the Opposition, the Speaker said, "The privilege notice (by Prabhunath Singh against opposition leaders yesterday) is not before me at this stage." Bureau Report