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Former Deputy Chief Minister and senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party Sushil Modi has retired from politics. He has announced this during the Lok Sabha elections. He clearly wrote on social media that he has been struggling with cancer for the last six months. Now I felt the time had come to tell people. I will not be able to do anything in the Lok Sabha elections. Everything has been told to the Prime Minister. Always grateful and always dedicated to the country, Bihar and the party. After this announcement by Sushil Modi, former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said that I wish him good health. Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the elections will be greatly missed.
Became MLA by winning assembly elections in 1990
It is being told that former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi is suffering from throat cancer. At present, he is undergoing treatment at Delhi AIIMS. Sushil Modi, Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad emerged after the JP movement. These three leaders are considered to be the product of JP movement. Sushil Modi was associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since the beginning. Sushil Modi started student politics in 1971. After this he gained recognition as a youth leader. In the year 1990, Sushil contested the assembly elections and won and became an MLA. After this, his stature kept increasing in the politics of Bihar.
Went to Lok Sabha after winning from Bhagalpur in 2004
In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, Sushil Modi became MP from Bhagalpur on BJP ticket. In 2005, he resigned from Parliament membership and was elected to the Legislative Council and became the Deputy Chief Minister in the Government of Bihar. Sushil Modi has been the Finance Minister of Bihar from 2005 to 2013 and from 2017 to 2020. When NDA government was formed again in 2020, CM Nitish Kumar wanted Sushil Modi to become the Deputy CM. But, the top leadership sent him to Rajya Sabha. It is also being said that this time Sushil Modi played an important role in Nitish Kumar rejoining NDA.
