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- ↑ "BSP replaces Punjab president Avtar Singh Karimpuri".
- ↑ "Avtar Singh Karimpuri". Archived from the original on 11 November 2014.
- ↑ "Rajya Sabha Members Web Page".
- ↑ "appointed Rajya Sabha member and former state president Avtar Singh Karimpuri as Punjab president".
- ↑ "Karimpuri is new chief of Punjab BSP, incumbent Jandali expelled".
- ↑ "Karimpuri, Pathak and Veer Singh thanked their leader Mayawati for reposing faith in them".