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- ↑ Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website
- ↑ Aniruddha Bahal. "Operation Duryodhana". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Contains detailed description of the interaction with each MP.
At Present - he has returned to the active politics and has been nominated as an executive member of madhya pradesh congress committee. Also, he has become an executive member of APEDA ( Agriculture and processed food products export development authority) ministry of commerce, government of India.