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- ↑ Official biography from Parliament of India records
- ↑ by the Noida based media firm Cobrapost, aired 12 December 2005 on the Indian Hindi news TV Channel Aaj Tak, Lal Chandra Kol was caught on video accepting bribes of Rs. 35,000Aniruddha Bahal. "Operation Duryodhana". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Contains detailed description of the interaction with each MP.