After former Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale alleged that China used Left parties to oppose the India-US nuclear deal, CPI's Binoy Viswam said such "nonsensical" comments need no reply. Reacting to Gokhale's remarks, CPI(M)'s Hannan Mollah said, "In India, bourgeois ruling parties work as US and Israel's agents. Left never had foreign influence." "Left didn't do anti-national work," Mollah added.