General Secretary of the Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) Prakash Karat gestures as he addresses the media after a three-day party politburo and central committee meeting in Kolkata, 01 October 2007. Karat said that the CPI(M) asked the government not to take further steps on implementing the Indo-US nuclear deal, like taking up the IAEA safeguards issue. AFP PHOTO/Deshakalyan CHOWDHURY (Photo credit should read DESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY/AFP/Getty Images)