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- 1 2 Punjab Cabinet Ministers Portfolios 2012 [usurped]
- ↑ Cabinet Ministers - BJP Punjab Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ BIO-DATA OF SH. CHUNI LAL BHAGAT
- ↑ "LS poll result an acid test for BJP's Chunni Lal Bhagat". Hindustan Times. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ↑ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB
- ↑ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1997 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB
- ↑ Punjab Assembly Election 2007 Results Archived 2013-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Results Punjab State Assembly Elections 2012 Archived 6 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "New Punjab Deputy Speaker elected". The Hindu . 14 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ↑ Punjab: Chunni Lal Bhagat Elected Leader of BJP LP