Veteran BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today filed his nomination papers for by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar after the death of Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan.

earlier, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday predicted that his former deputy, Sushil Kumar Modi, would be in a bigger role at the Centre as the senior BJP leader filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha by-election.

Nitish accompanied Sushil Modi to the divisional commissioner office when the BJP leader filed his nomination papers for the vacant seat in the Upper House of Parliament. The chief minister said that Sushil Modi was his colleague in Bihar, and he wanted him in the Cabinet, but now he has to follow the instructions of his party and move to New Delhi.

The leaders flashed a victory sign, confident of Modi sailing through with the NDA enjoying a majority in the 243- member assembly. If the opposition Grand Alliance fails to field a candidate by the last date of filing nominations on Thursday, Modi might end up getting declared elected unopposed on December 07 when the withdrawal of nominations come to a close.

Nitish said Sushil Modi will get bigger responsibility at the national level and Bihar would benefit from it. He has served in Bihar till now and he would serve at the Centre too, the JD(U) chief said.

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