The ouster of Sushil Kumar Modi from Bihar politics and seen by many as a confidant of Nitish Kumar, not only as a masterstroke to cut off the Chief Minister’s wings, but also to drive home the point that the BJP is a ‘bigger’ in the state. Brother’. .
Political experts believe that the role was long overdue as the discussion of the former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s team in Delhi grew.
Sushil Kumar Modi, considered Kumar’s troubleshooter in the BJP, has been a mute in running the NDA government amicably even at the cost of facing criticism from a section of BJP leaders, especially the younger generation, for “bowing before Kumar”. had played the role. Within the saffron party, he acted as a bridge between the Janata Dal (U) leadership and the BJP through senior leaders such as the late Arun Jaitley and Ram Lal.
The relationship between Kumar and Sushil Modi goes back to the early seventies, when both were active in student politics of Patna University and later worked together in 1974 as members of the trio of the JP movement – Lalu Prasad, Nitish Kumar And Sushil Modi wrote to Ashok Mishra, a senior journalist for News18.
He was active in the anti-emergency movement in Bihar and was arrested under MISA. Modi was also prominent in challenging Clause 9 of the MISA, which was eventually dismissed by the Supreme Court. Modi along with Saryu Roy, Shivanand Tiwari and Lallan Singh had also filed a PIL in the Patna High Court over financial irregularities in the animal husbandry department, referred to as the fodder scam.
When the NDA came to power in November 2005, Sushil Kumar Modi was the ideal choice for the post of deputy chief minister as he was not considered a threat to Kumar. The two shared a stable working relationship and Modi skillfully carried out his responsibilities as finance minister and other portfolios. Being the Finance Minister of Bihar, Modi was also made the chairman of the Group of Finance Ministers on GST. He was also on the GST panel in the UPA government.
However, it was the “close engagement” that cost Modi dearly. Senior BJP leaders said Sushil Modi was a role model for the deputy chief minister’s post as long as the party wanted to keep Kumar in a good mood.
Mishra then suggested that since Modi was a loyal and disciplined soldier of the RSS and BJP, he was expected to be promoted to a suitable post in the Union Council of Ministers or given organizational responsibilities.
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