Sushil Modi, Rajya Sabha member and ex Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, dies at 72
New Delhi:
Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Sushil Modi died at Delhi’s All-India Institute of Medical Sciences this evening. The 72-year-old was battling cancer and was admitted in the intensive care unit of AIIMS for the last one month.
The stalwart leader, once the BJP’s best-known face in Bihar, had opted out of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections also on account of his health.
He had announced it on social media with a post on X, formerly Twitter, on April 3.
“I have been battling cancer for the last 6 months. Now I feel that the time has come to tell people. I will not be able to do anything in the Lok Sabha elections. I have told everything to the PM. Always grateful and always dedicated to the country, Bihar and the party,” his post read.
His absence was expected to be felt the most in Bihar, where he had considerable influence on the party, built over three decades.
Over 11 years between 2005 and 2020, in two stints, he had served as the Deputy of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Former Bihar Chieff Minister and HAM chief Jitan Ram Manjhi posted his condolences on X. “Heartfelt tribute to our dear friend, former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and former Rajya Sabha MP Shri Sushil Kumar Modi ji on his demise,” his post read.
