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- ↑ Party candidate winners List in NDTV
- ↑ Pulak Roy alma mater
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ About Pulak Roy on News 18
- ↑ Pulak Roy's news Firstspost
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