Senior BJP leader Sushil Modi died at Delhi's All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Monday evening.

• The 72-year-old was battling cancer and was admitted in the intensive care unit of AIIMS for the last one month.
• He had opted out of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections also on account of his health.
• He had announced it on social media with a post on X, formerly Twitter, on April 3. 
• Over 11 years between 2005 and 2020, in two stints, he had served as the Deputy of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.