Sushil Kumar Modi

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Sushil Kumar Modi
The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped2).jpg
Modi in 2015
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
7 December 2020
Children2
Residence(s) Patna, Bihar, India
Alma mater Patna University
Website www.sushilmodi.in

Sushil Kumar Modi (born 5 January 1952) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Bihar. He is a former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar as well as the Finance Minister of Bihar from 2005 to 2013 and 2017 to 2020. [1] He is a lifelong member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He was appointed the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers for the Implementation of Goods and Service Tax in July 2011. [2]

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Early life and education

Sushil Modi was born on 5 January 1952 to Moti Lal Modi and Ratna Devi. [3] He attended Patna Science College and graduated with B.Sc. (Hons) Botany degree in 1973. He enrolled in M.Sc. Botany Course at Patna University but left the course midway to join the social movement started by Jai Prakash Narayan. [4]

Modi married Jessie George on 13 August 1986, a Christian Keralite hailing from Mumbai. [5] [6] [7] [8] Modi and Jessy were classmates during their research studies. During this time, they fell in love and decided to get married.

His wife is a professor in a college. The couple has two sons, Utkarsh Tathagat and Akshay Amritanshu. [9] [10]

Modi on 3rd of April, 2024 revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer six months ago, and would not take part in the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll campaign for the general election 2024.


“I have been battling cancer for the last six months. Now, I feel that the time has come to inform people about it. I will not be able to do anything for the Lok Sabha Elections,” he posted on (formerly Twitter) X.

Sushil Modi performs Yoga, on the occasion of the 4th International Day of Yoga 2018 along with Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Ram Kripal Yadav Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Minister of State for Rural Development, Shri Ram Kripal Yadav and the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Sushil Modi perform Yoga, on the occasion of the 4th International Day of Yoga 2018.JPG
Sushil Modi performs Yoga, on the occasion of the 4th International Day of Yoga 2018 along with Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Ram Kripal Yadav

Early political career

Sushil Modi's political career started as a student activist at Patna University. He became the General-Secretary of Patna University Students' Union in 1973, Lalu Prasad Yadav who later came to be his biggest political rival was the President of the Union at the time. In 1974, he became a Member of Bihar Pradesh Chaatra (Student) Sangharsh Samiti which spearheaded the famous Bihar Student's Movement of 1974. [11] [12] Modi was arrested five times during JP Movement and the Emergency. He was arrested during the 1974 student movement in Bihar. He challenged the constitutional validity of MISA Act in the Supreme Court of India which resulted in section 9 of the MISA Act being struck down as unconstitutional. He was booked under the MISA and various other acts from 1973 to 1977. During The Emergency, he was arrested on 30 June 1975 and remained in Jail for 19 months continuously.

He was appointed the State Secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad after the Emergency. From 1977 to 1986, he held various leadership positions in the ABVP. During his tenure at ABVP he led a movement against the declaration of Urdu as the second language of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Concerned about the issue of foreign infiltration from Bangladesh in the bordering districts of Bihar he raised the issue and after Assam, a movement against foreign infiltrators was launched in Bihar under his leadership.

Political career

Sushil Modi addressing a rally in Nayagaon, Sonpur in 2015 Sushil modi nayagaon saran aug 2015.jpg
Sushil Modi addressing a rally in Nayagaon, Sonpur in 2015

In 1990, he joined active politics and successfully contested from Patna Central Assembly (now known as Kumhrar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)). [13] He was re-elected in 1995 & 2000. In 1990, he was made the Chief Whip of the BJP Bihar Legislature Party. From 1996 until 2004 he was the Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly. He filed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Patna High Court against Lalu Prasad Yadav, which was later known as Fodder Scam. He became a member of Lok Sabha in 2004 representing the constituency of Bhagalpur.

Modi was the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs in a short-lived Nitish Kumar government in 2000. He supported the formation of the State of Jharkhand.

In 2005 Bihar election, NDA came to power and Modi was elected the leader of Bihar BJP Legislature Party. He subsequently resigned from the Lok Sabha and took over as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar. He was given the Finance Portfolio along with a number of other departments. After NDA victory in 2010 Bihar elections, he continued to be the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar. Modi did not contest the 2005 and 2010 Bihar Assembly elections to be able to campaign for BJP. [14]

Sushil Modi with Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh at Hunkar Rally Modi at Hunkar Rally in Patna.jpg
Sushil Modi with Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh at Hunkar Rally

In 2017, Sushil Modi was the main player behind the fall of the JDU-RJD Grand Alliance government in Bihar, with his continuous tirade against RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his family for four months over his alleged benami properties and irregular financial transactions. [15]

Sushil Kumar Modi was Nitish Kumar’s deputy CM for around 11 years and the duo is often referred to as Ram-Laxman ki jodi in the political circles of Bihar. [16] [17]

On 8 December 2020, he was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar to fill the vacant seat after the demise of Ram Vilas Paswan. He became one of the leaders in india who became a member of the Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha, both houses of legislature. [18]

Political views

Modi is opposed to efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in India, describing supporters as "left-liberals” who want to “imitate the West and impose such laws" on the Indian public. [19] Modi argued that legalizing same-sex marriage in India would "cause complete havoc with the delicate balance of personal laws in the country". [20]

Positions held

Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar & Convener of the GoM, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi addressing a press conference after the 7th Meeting of the Group of Ministers on IT (GoM on IT) for GST Implementation, in New Delhi The Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar & Convener of the GoM, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi addressing a press conference after the 7th Meeting of the Group of Ministers on IT (GoM on IT) for GST Implementation, in New Delhi.jpg
Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar & Convener of the GoM, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi addressing a press conference after the 7th Meeting of the Group of Ministers on IT (GoM on IT) for GST Implementation, in New Delhi
PeriodPositionsNote
1973–77General Secretary, Patna University Students Union
1983–86All India General Secretary, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
1995–96Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party
1996–2004Leader of Opposition Bihar Legislative Assembly
2000Minister, Parliamentary Affairs Government of Bihar
2004Member, Lok Sabha 14th Lok Sabha
1990–2004Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly 3rd term
November 2005 – June 2013Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Chief Minister of Bihar was Nitish Kumar of JDU
November 2005 – June 2013 [21] Finance Minister of Bihar Chief Minister of Bihar was Nitish Kumar of JDU
2013–2017Leader of Opposition Bihar Legislative Council
2017– 13 November 2020Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Chief Minister of Bihar was Nitish Kumar of JDU
7 December 2020Member, Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

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