The Central Committee of the CPI(M) issued the following statement on October 25

THE Central Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in its meeting held on October 14-16, 2017 expressed its strong disapproval of certain remarks made by Gautam Deb, member of the Central Committee, to a Bengali television channel which were damaging to the Party.  Gautam Deb accepted his mistake and expressed regret.

The Central Committee publicly censured Gautam Deb and warned him to desist from making such remarks.