Former Jharkhand chief minister and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) chief Babulal Marandi has received life threats from the alleged cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on April 23, reports UNI. Addressing a press conference in Giridih District on April 23, he said that yesterday evening he had received this letter in which he has been asked not to remain in Jharkhand between April 23 to May 19. He said that letter pad of a lawyer Avinash Sinha had been used to issue the threat which had been posted from Ranchi. In the letter, copy of which was released to the media, Marandi had been issued an ultimatum of 48 hours to withdraw all the candidates of his party in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Indian Parliament) polls and remain outside the state till May 19 or else he would be killed in a similar manner like Koderma Congress district president Shankar Yadav who was killed in a bomb blast.