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- ↑ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet](PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ↑ Election Commission of Nepal Archived 12 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Rising Nepal Archived 26 July 2007 at archive.today
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