In Bihar state, Susheel Kumar Modi is a very popular face and is a part of Bhartiya Janta Party and a member of Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh (RSS). He was born on 5 January 1952 and his parents are Moti Lal Modi and Ratna Devi. He belongs to Vaishya Bania family. He had a family business of readymade garments. He did his graduation from Patna Science College and completed his Botany Hons. in 1973. At the age of 10, he joined RSS. During the half way of his MSc. he quit it and took part in various social movements. He came in contact with some prominent social activists of that time. All these things changed his life and gave it a new turn. From there only he started fighting for the welfare of people. He also served as Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister of Bihar. He was also appointed as Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers for the Implementation of the Goods and service tax in July 2011. In 1962, during Indian Sino War, he was designated Commandment in Civil Defence and trained civilians and students to maintain their physical fitness and to taught them parade. Within this year, he became member of RSS. After that he took highest rank training in RSS and worked as a whole time worker at various RSS centers. From his college days, he was active in politics. He was a student leader of Patna student’s union. Later on he also worked in Bihar Pradesh Chatra Sanghrash Samiti. During JP Movement he was arrested five times. When emergency proclaimed in India, he was arrested and kept in jail for entire emergency period. After emergency, he took the charge as State secretary of ‘Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad’. S.K. Modi played a strong role in leading anti –urdu agitations in Bihar and Assam. In 1990, he stood and won in Assembly of Central Patna and was re-elected in 1995 and 2000. For several years, he was been a part of opposition party. In Nitish kumar's government, he served as a minister but for a short span. In 2004, he stood from Bhagalpur District and took his first step towards Lok Sabha. In 2005, when NDA government formed in Bihar, he took the charge of Deputy Chief Minister till 2013. During this span he also played a major role in finance department too.
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