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{{ | {{Short description|Indian politician (born 1952)}} | ||
| | {{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}} | ||
| | {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} | ||
{{Infobox officeholder | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|1|5 | | name = Sushil Kumar Modi | ||
| birth_place =[[Patna]], | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1952|1|5}} | ||
| residence = Patna, Bihar, India | | birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], India | ||
| alma_mater = Patna University | | residence = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], India | ||
| death_date = | | alma_mater = [[Patna University]] | ||
| death_place | | death_date = | ||
| death_place = | |||
| occupation = | | occupation = | ||
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | |||
| party =[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | | spouse = {{marriage|Jessie George|1987}} | ||
| spouse = Jessie George | | children = 2 | ||
| children = 2 | | signature = | ||
| signature = | | Awards = | ||
| Awards = | | website = {{url|http://www.sushilmodi.in}} | ||
| website = http://www.sushilmodi.in | | footnotes = |<!--- Position held ---> | ||
| footnotes = | | office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] | ||
| | | term_start = 7 December 2020 | ||
| constituency = [[Bihar]] | |||
| predecessor = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]] | |||
<!--- Position held ---> | | order1 = 3rd [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar|Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar]] | ||
| | | term_start1 = 27 July 2017 | ||
| | | term_end1 = 13 November 2020 | ||
| | | predecessor1 = [[Tejashwi Yadav]] | ||
| | | successor1 = [[Renu Devi]], [[Tarkishore Prasad]] | ||
| | | 1blankname1 = Chief Minister | ||
| | | 1namedata1 = [[Nitish Kumar]] | ||
| | | term2 = 24 November 2005 – 16 June 2013 | ||
| | | predecessor2 = [[Karpoori Thakur]] | ||
| | | successor2 = [[Tejashwi Yadav]] | ||
| | | 1blankname2 = Chief Minister | ||
| | | 1namedata2 = [[Nitish Kumar]] | ||
| | | office3 = [[Cabinet Minister|Cabinet Minister of Bihar]],<br /> [[Government of Bihar]] | ||
| | | 1blankname3 = Chief Minister | ||
| | | 1namedata3 = [[Nitish Kumar]]{{centre|'''Term'''}} | ||
| | | 3blankname3 = [[Minister of Finance]] | ||
| | | 3namedata3 = 24 November 2005 - 16 June 2013 | ||
| | | 2blankname3 = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]] | ||
| | | 2namedata3 = 3 March 2000 - 10 March 2000 | ||
| 4blankname3 = [[Minister of Finance]] | |||
| 4namedata3 = 27 July 2017 - 13 November 2020 | |||
| office5 = [[Leader of the Opposition]] in<br />[[Bihar Legislative Council]] | |||
| 1blankname5 = Chief Minister | |||
| 1namedata5 = [[Nitish Kumar]] | |||
| term_start5 = 19 June 2013 | |||
| term_end5 = 27 July 2017 | |||
| successor5 = [[Rabri Devi]] | |||
| office4 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] | |||
| term_start4 = 2004 | |||
| term_end4 = 2005 | |||
| predecessor4 = Subodh Ray | |||
| successor4 = [[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]] | |||
| constituency4 = [[Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhagalpur]] | |||
| office6 = [[Leader of the Opposition]] in<br />[[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] | |||
| 1blankname6 = Chief Minister | |||
| 1namedata6 = [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]<br /> [[Rabri Devi]] | |||
| term_start6 = 1996 | |||
| term_end6 = 2004 | |||
| predecessor6 = [[Yashwant Sinha]] | |||
| successor6 = [[Upendra Kushwaha]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''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 an former [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar|Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar]] as well as the [[List of Finance Ministers of Bihar|Finance Minister of Bihar]] from 2005 to 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-polls-sushil-modi-tops-bjp-s-list-of-cm-probables/article1-1367978.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711093707/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-polls-sushil-modi-tops-bjp-s-list-of-cm-probables/article1-1367978.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2015|title=Bihar elections: Sushil Modi tops BJP's list of CM probables}}</ref> 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 Services Tax (India)|Goods and Service Tax]] in July 2011.<ref>{{cite news | website=The Hindu | date=19 July 2011 |title=Sushil Modi elected new chief of Empowered Committee on GST | url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/sushil-modi-elected-new-chief-of-empowered-committee-on-gst/article2248415.ece}}</ref> | |||
Sushil Modi | |||
Sushil Kumar Modi was [[Nitish Kumar]]’s deputy CM for around 11 years and they are often referred to as ''[[Rama|Ram]]-[[Lakshmana|Laxman]] jodi'' in Bihar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bjps-tar-kishore-renu-devi-to-be-deputy-cms/articleshow/79238718.cms|title = Tarkishore Prasad: BJP's Tar Kishore Prasad, Renu Devi to be Bihar's deputy CMS | Patna News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/politics/end-of-the-road-for-nitishs-laxman-in-bihar-sushil-modi-unlikely-to-return-as-deputy-cm/545077/|title = End of the road for Nitish's 'Laxman' in Bihar — Sushil Modi unlikely to return as deputy CM|date = 15 November 2020}}</ref> | |||
== Early and personal life == | |||
Sushil Modi was born on 5 January 1952. His father was Moti Lal Modi and his mother was Ratna Devi.<ref name=":0">[http://www.firstpost.com/politics/not-just-upper-castes-obcs-dalits-turning-to-bjp-too-1466025.html Upper castes, OBCs, Dalits and BJP]</ref> He has done BSc from B N College, Patna. He graduated Patna Science College and did Botany Hons in 1973. Later he left MSc Botany Course in Patna University, to join social movement started by [[Jai Prakash Narayan]]. | |||
Modi married Jessie George in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|title=No 'band, baaja, baaraat' for SuMo son's wedding|website=[[The Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/no-band-baaja-baaraat-for-sumo-sons-wedding/articleshow/61706232.cms}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Political way to nurture love|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110214/jsp/bihar/story_13578229.jsp}}</ref> Jessie George is a Christian Keralite,<ref>{{cite web|title=When Atal Bihari Vajpayee 'refused' to bless Sushil Kumar Modi|website=[[The Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/when-vajpayee-refused-to-bless-sumo/articleshow/65444698.cms}}</ref> hails from [[Mumbai]]. George along with his family was settled in Mumbai at that time. Modi and Jessy were classmates during their research studies. During this time, they fell in love and decided to get married.[https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/offbeat/new-bihar-deputy-cm-sushil-kumar-modi-is-kottayam-s-own-son-in-law-nitish-kumar-1.2122181] | |||
His wife is a professor in a college. The couple has two sons, Utkarsh Tathagat and Akshay Amritanshu.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cool leaders see off 2012 with relatives Most ministers retire to bed before midnight, Bhim Singh stays up late|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1130102/jsp/bihar/story_16388983.jsp}}</ref>[https://aajtak.intoday.in/gallery/bihar-deputy-cm-sushil-modi-and-her-wife-jessie-george-love-story-2-13759.html] | |||
He belongs to [[Modh]] community, a caste categorised as an [[Other Backward Class|OBC]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mishra|first=Dipak|date=2019-09-16|title=Why senior BJP leader Sushil Modi is under attack from his own partymen in Bihar|url=https://theprint.in/india/why-senior-bjp-leader-sushil-modi-is-under-attack-from-his-own-partymen-in-bihar/291067/|access-date=2020-08-16|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
==Social activism== | |||
During [[Sino-Indian War of 1962]], Modi was active in organising and mobilising the school students and was appointed Commandment by the Civil Defence to train the civilians and students to maintain their physical fitness and teach them to parade. In 1962, Modi became a member of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). In 1968, he did a Three Year Officer's Training Course (OTC), the highest RSS training course. After Matriculation, he devoted a month as a Vistarak (Whole Time Worker) and worked in Danapur, Khagol starting various RSS branches at different places. Later, he was made the In-charge of evening branches of RSS Patna Town. Modi had a family business of ready-made garments. Against the family wishes of joining family business, he continued with his work for the people. | |||
[[File: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|thumb|250px| 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]] ]] | |||
He has also been vocal in supporting the popularisation of [[yoga]] among Indians. | |||
==Early political career== | |||
Sushil Modi was a student leader at [[Patna]] University Students Union was General Secretary of Students' Union in 1973. [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] was the President of the Union that time. In 1974 he became a Member of Bihar Pradesh Chaatra (Student) Sangharsh Samiti which spearheaded the famous Bihar Student's Movement of 1974.<ref>Official Website Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi {{cite web |url=http://dycm.bih.nic.in/Profile.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707133505/http://dycm.bih.nic.in/Profile.aspx |archive-date=7 July 2012 }} Early Years in Public Life</ref><ref>Profile of Deputy Chief Minister 1971 [http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/Dy%20Cm.pdf] Early Years in Public Life</ref> Modi was arrested five times during JP Movement and the Emergency. First time he was arrested in 1974 during student movement in Bihar. He challenged constitutional validity of MISA and the Supreme Court struck down section 9 of MISA as unconstitutional. This was historic judgement. He was booked under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) and various other acts from 1973 to 1977. During emergency he was arrested on 30 June 1975 and kept in the prisons of [[Samastipur]], [[Darbhanga]], [[Buxar]], [[Hazaribagh]], [[Bhagalpur]] and also in the PMCH Prisoner Ward and remained in Jail for 19 months continuously. He was appointed the State Secretary of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad after emergency was over. From 1977 to 1986, he held different posts including that of State Organising Secretary, Bihar, All India Secretary, in-charge of UP and Bihar and then the All India General Secretary of Vidyarthi Parishad. During this tenure at the top 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== | ==Political career== | ||
[[File:Sushil modi nayagaon saran aug 2015.jpg|thumb|right|Sushil Modi addressing a rally in | [[File:Sushil modi nayagaon saran aug 2015.jpg|thumb|right|Sushil Modi addressing a rally in [[Nayagaon, Bihar|Nayagaon]], Sonpur in 2015]] | ||
In 1990, he joined active politics and successfully contested from Patna Central Assembly (now known as [[Kumhrar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bihars-deputy-cm-sushil-kumar-modi-success-story/1/137308.html|title=BJP's Vote Winner Profile of Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar}}</ref> He was re-elected in 1995 & 2000. In 1990, he was made the Chief Whip of the BJP Bihar Legislature Party. From 1996 till 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]]. | In 1990, he joined active politics and successfully contested from Patna Central Assembly (now known as [[Kumhrar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bihars-deputy-cm-sushil-kumar-modi-success-story/1/137308.html|title=BJP's Vote Winner Profile of Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar}}</ref> He was re-elected in 1995 & 2000. In 1990, he was made the Chief Whip of the BJP Bihar Legislature Party. From 1996 till 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, [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|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.<ref name="sumomarwari"/> | In 2005 Bihar election, [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|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.<ref name="sumomarwari">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110807/jsp/7days/story_14347422.jsp|title=Minorities may be allergic to the BJP, but not to me}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Modi at Hunkar Rally in Patna.jpg|thumb|right|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/sumo-architect-of-grand-alliance-fall/articleshow/59780339.cms|title=SuMo: Architect of grand alliance fall}}</ref> | 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/sumo-architect-of-grand-alliance-fall/articleshow/59780339.cms|title=SuMo: Architect of grand alliance fall|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> | ||
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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sushil-modi-gets-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha/articleshow/79610448.cms|title = Sushil Modi gets elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha | India News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref> | |||
==Positions held== | ==Positions held== | ||
[[File: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|thumb|300px| 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 [[Sales tax|GST]] Implementation, in [[New Delhi]]]] | |||
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|General Secretary, Patna University Students Union | |General Secretary, [[Patna University]] Students Union | ||
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|1983–86 | |1983–86 | ||
|All India General Secretary, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad | |All India General Secretary, [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]] | ||
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|1995–96 | |1995–96 | ||
|Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party | |Secretary, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | ||
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|1996–2004 | |1996–2004 | ||
|Leader of Opposition | |Leader of Opposition | ||
|Bihar Legislative Assembly | |[[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] | ||
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|2000 | |2000 | ||
|Minister, Parliamentary Affairs | |Minister, Parliamentary Affairs | ||
|Government of Bihar | |[[Government of Bihar]] | ||
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|2004 | |2004 | ||
|Member, Lok Sabha | |Member, [[Lok Sabha]] | ||
|14th | |[[14th Lok Sabha]] | ||
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|1990–2004 | |1990–2004 | ||
|Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly | |Member, [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] | ||
|3rd term | |3rd term | ||
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|November 2005 – June 2013 | |November 2005 – June 2013 | ||
|[[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar| | |Deputy [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief Minister of Bihar]] | ||
| | |[[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief Minister of Bihar]] | ||
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|November 2005 – June 2013<ref>{{ | |November 2005 – June 2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/JDU-ends-17-year-old-marriage-with-BJP-Bihar-CM-axes-11-ministers/articleshow/20622322.cms|title = JD(U) ends 17-year-old marriage with BJP, Bihar CM axes 11 ministers | India News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref> | ||
|[[List of Finance Ministers of Bihar|Finance Minister of Bihar]] | |[[List of Finance Ministers of Bihar|Finance Minister of Bihar]] | ||
|[[List of Finance Ministers of Bihar|Finance Minister of Bihar]] | |[[List of Finance Ministers of Bihar|Finance Minister of Bihar]] | ||
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| | |2017– 13 November 2020 | ||
|[[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar| | |Deputy [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief Minister of Bihar]] | ||
| | |[[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief Minister of Bihar]] | ||
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| 7 December 2020 | |||
| Member, [[Rajya Sabha]] | |||
|[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] | |||
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==See also== | |||
* [[List of Finance Ministers of Bihar]] | |||
* [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
== | ==External links== | ||
* {{official website|http://sushilmodi.in/hi/}} | |||
{{Bharatiya Janata Party}} | |||
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