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- ↑ My Neta
- ↑ First session of 10th Sikkim Legislative Assembly held amid SDF walkout
- ↑ 1st Session of 10th SLA Session Concludes
- ↑ Newly-elected MLAs of Sikkim Assembly take oath
- ↑ "Sikkim: Speaker LB Das resigns; new speaker to be elected next week". EastMojo. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.