Sushil Kumar Modi
Sushil Kumar Modi | |
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Patna Central | |
Personal details | |
Born | Patna, Bihar, India | 5 January 1952
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse |
Jessie George (m. 1986) |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Patna, Bihar, India |
Alma mater | Patna University |
Website | www |
Sushil Kumar Modi (born 5 January 1952) is an
Early life and education
Sushil Modi was born on 5 January 1952 to Moti Lal Modi and Ratna Devi.
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.
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
In 1990, he joined active politics and successfully contested from Patna Central Assembly (now known as
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,
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
Period | Positions | Note |
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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
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Chief Minister of Bihar was JDU
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November 2005 – June 2013[21] | Finance Minister of Bihar
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Chief Minister of Bihar was JDU
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2013–2017 | Leader of Opposition | Bihar Legislative Council |
2017– 13 November 2020 | Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
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Chief Minister of Bihar was JDU
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7 December 2020 | Member, Rajya Sabha | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
See also
- List of finance ministers of Bihar
- List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar
- List of politicians from Bihar
References
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- ^ "No 'band, baaja, baaraat' for SuMo son's wedding". The Times of India. 19 November 2017. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Political way to nurture love". 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. Archived 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. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "Cool leaders see off 2012 with relatives Most ministers retire to bed before midnight, Bhim Singh stays up late". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "ईसाई धर्म से हैं सुशील मोदी की पत्नी, शादी के दिन ऐसे बदली थी किस्मत". 28 July 2017.
- ^ 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] Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Early Years in Public Life
- ^ "BJP's Vote Winner Profile of Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar". Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Minorities may be allergic to the BJP, but not to me". Archived from the original on 20 June 2015.
- ^ "SuMo: Architect of grand alliance fall". The Times of India. 27 July 2017. Archived 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. Archived 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. Archived 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. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ Mehrotra, Karishma; Shih, Gerry (14 March 2023). "Indian government opposes same-sex marriage, warns of countrywide 'havoc'". Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Same-sex marriage: BJP opposed, MP Sushil Modi said, 'will play havoc with personal laws'". The Indian Express. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.