{"id":241587,"date":"2024-06-04T01:01:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T19:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=241587"},"modified":"2024-06-04T01:01:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T19:31:18","slug":"sushil-modi-was-a-walking-reference-book-on-any-subject-j-p-nadda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/06\/04\/sushil-modi-was-a-walking-reference-book-on-any-subject-j-p-nadda\/","title":{"rendered":"Sushil Modi was a &#8216;walking reference book&#8217; on any subject: J P Nadda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) BJP president J P Nadda on Monday paid rich tributes to former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who died of cancer last month, saying he was a &#8220;walking reference book&#8221; on any subject and was always committed to his goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at a memorial event for the late BJP leader, Nadda recalled his role in the students&#8217; movement against the Emergency and said while most people who played a role in the seminal agitation wanted to become an MP or MLA afterwards, Sushil Modi decided to continue working in student politics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the GST council, Sushil Modi played an important role as Bihar&#8217;s finance minister in ensuring the implementation of the unified indirect tax regime, he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was knowledgeable about a host of issues and different electoral constituencies, Nadda said, praising Sushil Modi&#8217;s extensive knowledge about Bihar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;He was a multi-dimensional personality,&#8221; Nadda said, adding that his untimely demise shook the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He played a crucial role in Bihar&#8217;s development and bringing financial stability to the state, the BJP president said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sushil Modi, one of the most prominent BJP politicians from Bihar, passed away last month at 72 following a long battle with cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) BJP president J P Nadda on Monday paid rich tributes to former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who died of cancer last month, saying he was a &#8220;walking reference book&#8221; on any subject and was always committed to his goals. Speaking at a memorial event for the late [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-241587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}