Sushil Modi The Real 'Game Changer' Announces 'Acche Din' in Bihar

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As they waited to take oath this morning, Nitish Kumar and Sushil Kumar Modi chatted with the ease that years of being together begets. Mr Kumar is back as Bihar chief minister 14 hours after he resigned, dramatically ending his alliance with Lalu Yadav and the Congress. 

Sushil Modi is back as his deputy after four years. Mr Modi tweeted that he has taken oath for the third time as Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister. Each time he has been number 2 to Nitish Kumar, who, he admitted even during their parties' estrangement, he enjoys a good rapport with. 

That bond was visible also at the Patna home of Nitish Kumar last night, where the BJP arrived en masse after offering support to him. For over 100 days, Sushil Kumar Modi, the BJP's most senior leader in Bihar tirelessly drove an onslaught against Lalu Yadav, furnishing reams of documents that he said proved huge corruption by the Bihar heavyweight and his family. 

There would be no let-up in his campaign, he vowed, till the Yadavs were brought to book. To last month he said he had help from within the government. "I can't name names but yes, we couldn't have sustained this expose on Lalu's benami properties for over 80 days without the help of JDU leaders," he had said then. 

Close to midnight, Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi drove up together to the Governor's house, only about 100 metres away, and staked claim to form government. "They fixed Sushil Modi to spoil Lalu's image every day," said a bitter Lalu Yadav today. 
part of the JP movement. 

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