BJP to relocate Sushil Kumar Modi from Bihar and appoint two chief deputy ministers
Patna:
Moments after Nitish Kumar was sworn in to the record-breaking fourth term as Chief Minister of Bihar, he admitted he would miss his longtime deputy Sushil Kumar Modi. Setting the conditions for a whole new dynamic after scoring greater than ally Nitish Kumar in the elections, the BJP decided to move Sushil Modi out of Bihar and appoint two new chief deputy ministers.
The BJP has denied that Sushil Modi, who served as Bihar’s chief deputy minister for much of Nitish Kumar’s 15 years in power, was upset by the upheaval.
“Sushil Modi ji is not at all upset. He is an asset for us. The party will think of him, a new responsibility will be entrusted to him,” Devendra Fadnavis, head of the BJP for Bihar polls. ANI.
Speculation that Sushil Modi was disappointed grew stronger after posting yesterday: “BJP and Sangh Parivar have given me so much in 40-year political life that someone else might not have.” not received. I will take the responsibility that will be given to Nobody Can Suppress the Worker Post. “
His party colleague and Union Minister Giriraj Singh appeared to reassure Sushil Modi by tweeting: “Respected Sushil ji, you are the leader, you had the post of Deputy Chief Minister, you will also continue to remain the leader of the BJP. in the future, the status of a person is not determined by the post he occupies. “
The long association of Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi has transcended the ups and downs of ties between their parties. Mr. Modi often intervened when cracks arose within the National Democratic Alliance of Bihar and was primarily in defense of Nitish Kumar when he faced attacks from Chirag Paswan or even BJP leaders.
Mr. Modi is widely believed to have engineered the collapse of Nitish Kumar’s alliance with the RJD and Congress in 2017. Amid allegations of corruption against RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, then his deputy, Mr. Kumar threw out the mahagathbandhan, resigned and returned to power within 14 hours with the NDA as a partner.
Nitish Kumar’s response to reporters after his swearing-in betrayed his discouragement.
“I’ll take responsibility, what else? Whenever something or the other is new,” he said when asked about the sweeping changes.
As to whether Sushil Modi would have served Bihar better, Mr Kumar said: “This is the decision of the BJP. You should ask the BJP.”
Would he miss Sushil Modi? “Yes,” the Chief Minister replied simply.
