Sushil Kumar Modi
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]
Sushil Kumar Modi | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 7 December 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Ram Vilas Paswan |
| Constituency | Bihar |
| 4th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar | |
| In office 27 July 2017 – 16 November 2020 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Tejashwi Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Renu Devi, Tarkishore Prasad |
| In office 24 November 2005 – 16 June 2013 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Karpoori Thakur |
| Succeeded by | Tejashwi Yadav |
| Minister of Finance Government of Bihar | |
| In office 27 July 2017 – 16 November 2020 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Abdul Bari Siddiqui |
| Succeeded by | Tarkishore Prasad |
| In office 24 November 2005 – 16 June 2013 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Rabri Devi |
| Succeeded by | Nitish Kumar |
| Leader of the Opposition Bihar Legislative Council | |
| In office 19 June 2013 – 27 July 2017 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Ghaus |
| Succeeded by | Rabri Devi |
| Member of Bihar Legislative Council | |
| In office 7 May 2006 – 11 December 2020 | |
| Succeeded by | Shahnawaz Hussain |
| Constituency | elected by Legislative Assembly members |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2004–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Subodh Ray |
| Succeeded by | Syed Shahnawaz Hussain |
| Constituency | Bhagalpur |
| Leader of the Opposition Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 19 March 1996 – 28 March 2004 | |
| Chief Minister | Lalu Prasad Yadav Rabri Devi |
| Preceded by | Yashwant Sinha |
| Succeeded by | Upendra Kushwaha |
| Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1990–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Aquil Haider |
| Succeeded by | Arun Kumar Sinha |
| Constituency | Patna Central |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1952 Patna, Bihar, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Jessie George (m. 1986) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Patna, Bihar, India |
| Alma mater | Patna University |
| Website | www |
Early life and education edit
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][2]
He belongs to Modh community, a caste categorised as OBC in the Indian system of positive discrimination.[3][10]
Early political career edit
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 edit
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]
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 the only leader from Bihar to have been a member of the Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha, Bihar Legislative Council and Bihar Legislative Assembly.[18]
Positions held edit
| Period | Positions | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1973–77 | General Secretary, Patna University Students Union | |
| 1983–86 | All India General Secretary, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad | |
| 1995–96 | Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1996–2004 | Leader of Opposition | Bihar Legislative Assembly |
| 2000 | Minister, Parliamentary Affairs | Government of Bihar |
| 2004 | Member, Lok Sabha | 14th Lok Sabha |
| 1990–2004 | Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly | 3rd term |
| November 2005 – June 2013 | Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar | Chief Minister of Bihar was Nitish Kumar of JDU |
| November 2005 – June 2013[19] | Finance Minister of Bihar | Chief Minister of Bihar was Nitish Kumar of JDU |
| 2013–2017 | Leader of Opposition | Bihar Legislative Council |
| 2017– 13 November 2020 | Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar | Chief Minister of Bihar was Nitish Kumar of JDU |
| 7 December 2020 | Member, Rajya Sabha | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ . Archived from the original on 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Sushil Modi elected new chief of Empowered Committee on GST". The Hindu. 19 July 2011. from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Upper castes, OBCs, Dalits and BJP". 4 April 2014. from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "Sushil Kumar Modi(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):(BIHAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "No 'band, baaja, baaraat' for SuMo son's wedding". The Times of India. 19 November 2017. from the original on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ "When Atal Bihari Vajpayee 'refused' to bless Sushil Kumar Modi". The Times of India. 18 August 2018. from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ Jacob, George (13 October 2017). "Sushil Kumar Modi has a family foothold here". The Hindu. from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ Mishra, Dipak (16 September 2019). "Why senior BJP leader Sushil Modi is under attack from his own partymen in Bihar". ThePrint. from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Official Website Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi "Profile of Shri Sushil Kumar Modi". Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011. Early Years in Public Life
- ^ Profile of Deputy Chief Minister 1971 [1] 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Early Years in Public Life
- ^ "BJP's Vote Winner Profile of Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar". from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 20 June 2015.
- ^ "SuMo: Architect of grand alliance fall". The Times of India. 27 July 2017. from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "Tarkishore Prasad: BJP's Tar Kishore Prasad, Renu Devi to be Bihar's deputy CMS | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. 16 November 2020. from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "End of the road for Nitish's 'Laxman' in Bihar — Sushil Modi unlikely to return as deputy CM". 15 November 2020. from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "Sushil Modi gets elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. 7 December 2020. from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "JD(U) ends 17-year-old marriage with BJP, Bihar CM axes 11 ministers | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. 17 June 2013. from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
External links edit
- Official website