Veteran JD (U) leader and State Health Minister Ramdhani singh has resigned from his post following denial of ticket from JD(U). Mr Singh has announced that he will join Samajwadi Party.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, CPI (ML) has released the second list of 19 candidates for the polls. The party has, so far, released the list of 72 candidates.<br/><br/>Six Left parties including CPI, CPM and CPI (ML) are contesting elections jointly. Under the seat sharing formula, CPI (ML) is contesting on 98 seats. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has also released the name of five candidates.