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- ↑ "Sarbananda Sonowal's swearing-in Live: BJP's first Chief Minister of Assam". 24 May 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016.
- ↑ ADR. "Pallab Lochan Das(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- RANGAPARA(TEZPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate".
- ↑ "9 Assam MLAs disqualified". Archived from the original on 26 November 2016.