Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi was bid farewell with tears in his eyes on Tuesday. Sushil Kumar Modi was cremated with state honors at Digha Ghat in Patna, Bihar.

During this period, senior leaders of Bihar and many Union ministers were present there. The mortal remains of the former Deputy Chief Minister were brought from New Delhi to Patna. The special plane carrying his mortal remains landed at Patna airport in the afternoon. Many senior BJP leaders were present at the airport to receive the mortal remains.

Took his last breath on Monday night
With a huge crowd, the body was taken to his residence in Rajendra Nagar area of the state capital. Sushil Modi served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar from 2005 to 2013 and again between 2017 and 2020. He breathed his last at around 9.45 pm on Monday night at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

Last month I myself informed about having cancer
Last month, he wrote in a post on the social media platform X, 'I have been struggling with cancer for the last six months. Now I felt the time had come to tell people. I will not be able to do anything in the Lok Sabha elections. Everything has been told to the Prime Minister.

JP Nadda paid tribute
On Tuesday, BJP National President JP Nadda paid his last tribute to former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi in Patna. He said, 'It is very sad that Sushil Modi, our senior leader and who carried forward the idea of BJP, is not among us. He left us in middle age.

‘Extremely sad incident for the party’
Nadda said, 'Sushil ji was one of those leaders who devoted 40 years of his life from Bharatiya Jan Sangh to BJP. Under his leadership the party gained huge popularity in Bihar. He has left his mark in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Such leaders are not among us, this is a very sad incident for the party. We pray to God to give him a place at his feet.

‘He used to guide us very well’
Union Minister Prahlad Joshi said, 'He was with me for one term. He used to come to Parliament thoroughly prepared. When I became the new MP, we used to ask him, he used to guide us very well.