CM, senior BJP, JD(U) leaders pay tributes to Sushil Kumar Modi

Patna: Leaders across party lines remembered former deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, fondly known as SuMo, on his birth anniversary on Monday.CM Nitish Kumar unveiled his life-size statue at Rajendra Nagar in Patna while senior BJP and JD(U) leaders recalled his contributions to Bihar and its fiscal management as the state finance minister.

Sushil Kumar Modi Memorial Research Institute also organised a function at SK Memorial Hall to pay tributes to Padma Bhushan awardee and one of the biggest BJP leaders in Bihar.In a video message, BJP national working president and Bankipore MLA Nitin Nabin also paid his tributes and recalled how SuMo carved a niche in state politics through transparency in public life since the JP movement.JD(U) national working president Sanjay Kumar Jha remembered the former state finance minister for his fiscal jurisprudence. “Your contributions, from opposing the Emergency to bringing Bihar out of darkness and into the light, will always be remembered,”Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary said Nitish and Sushil Modi worked together for a long time.

He said as the leader of the opposition, SuMo kept the govt on its toes. His financial management was extraordinary. Choudhary appealed to the people, especially BJP workers, to fulfil the dream that Sushil Modi had for the development of Bihar. “Today is the day to take that pledge,” he said.BJP state chief Sanjay Saraogi said they should resolve to carry forward his ideals. “If we can adopt even one of his qualities, it would be a great achievement and a true tribute to him,” he said.

Union minister Giriraj Singh; deputy CM Samrat Choudhary; assembly speaker Prem Kumar; council chairman Awadhesh Narayan Singh; ministers Vijay Kumar Choudhary; Mangal Pandey; Dilip Kumar Jaiswal; Ram Kripal Yadav; Sanjay Kumar Singh; Pramod Kumar; MPs Ravi Shankar Prasad and Radha Mohan Singh; BJP state president Sanjay Saraogi; MLAs Pramod Kumar; Sanjeev Chaurasia; Sanjay Gupta; Ratnesh Kushwaha; MLCs Sanjay Kumar Singh alias Gandhi Ji; Kumud Verma; wife of late Sushil Kumar Modi, Jessie George; former assembly speaker Nand Kishore Yadav; JD(U) national general secretary Manish Kumar Verma; BJP organisational general secretary Bhikhu Bhai Dalsania; Bihar BJP in charge Vinod Tawde and other public representatives, dignitaries and political and social workers also offered their tributes to late SuMo.