The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on May 18 THE public criticisms made by Comrade V S Achuthanandan against the leadership of the Party at the central and state level, in an interview to the media, are wrong and groundless. The Polit Bureau rejects these allegations. Such public utterances of Comrade Achuthanandan are not in the interests of the Party.