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- ↑ "West Bengal Minister List 2021: Check full list of 43 cabinet ministers and their portfolios". The Financial Express. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ↑ "উত্তর ২৪ পরগনা ৩৩-০ হয়ে যাবে! প্রার্থী হয়েই ভোটের ফল নিয়ে চ্যালেঞ্জ জ্যোতিপ্রিয়র".
- ↑ "হাবড়া বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র ২০২১ : ভোটের প্রার্থী, ফলাফল". 22 April 2021.
- ↑ Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
- ↑ All the Didi's men
- ↑ "Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ↑ "West Bengal 'Ration Scam': ED Arrests Minister Jyotipriya Mallick Under PMLA".
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