A little over a month after he revealed he had cancer, veteran BJP leader and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi passed away at the AIIMS in Delhi on Monday. He was 72 years old. Sushil Modi was the longest-serving Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (2005-2013 and 2017-20). He also held the Finance portfolio, which made him a key figure in the rollout and implementation of the Goods and Service Tax as a leading member of the GST Council. A Rajya Sabha member since 2020, he had declined to contest the ongoing Lok Sabha elections on account of his health after he revealed in April this year about the deadly disease he was suffering from. President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her Haryana counterpart Nayab Saini, Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, and senior leaders cutting across party lines condoled the demise of veteran BJP leader. Expressing condolences, PM Modi termed Sushil Modi "an invaluable colleague and a close friend for decades".
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Last updated: 14 May 2024, 12:02 PM IST
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