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- ↑ M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 242, 264.
- ↑ List Of Political Parties Archived 2008-02-28 at the Wayback Machine