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- ↑ Tinsel town to steel city – for Dr Ajoy The Times of India, 26 June 2011.
- ↑ Marandi's man wins Jamshedpur Lok Sabha seat, BJP loses deposit Economic Times, 5 July 2011.
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- ↑ "'Inspired by Rahul Gandhi and decided to return': Ajoy Kumar rejoins Congress after quitting AAP".
- ↑ "Ajay Kumar". Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ↑ Exploiting his stint as SP Patna to woo voters in Jamshedpur Bihar Times, 28 June 2011.
- ↑ From Doc to MP-Dr Ajoy kumar [ permanent dead link ] 5 July 2011.
