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- 1 2 3 Report of the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities (Ranganath Misra Commission Report)
- ↑ Plea to table Ranganath Mishra Commission report
- ↑ "BJP to question quota". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014.
- ↑ Para 3 of the Constitutional (Scheduled Caste)
- ↑ Misra Commission report excerpts
- ↑ BJP slams against Ranganath Mishra commission report
- ↑ BJP to question quota
- ↑ "Modi pitches BJP as 'third alternative' in Kerala". The Hindu. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2019.