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- ↑ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ↑ PTI (31 October 2021). "SP MLA Rakesh Pratap Singh resigns from U.P. Assembly alleging non-fulfilment of promises by BJP government". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 November 2021.