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N Chandrababu Naidu, the dairy king, emerges as the kingmaker in Indian politics

Just five years ago, Naidu had been pushed into the political wilderness after he left a coalition led by Narendra Modi before facing a rout in his home turf of Andhra Pradesh by his bitter rival, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. But politics is a strange place as Naidu found out on June 4, when votes for the 2024 general elections were being counted. Naidu has now emerged as a kingmaker, holding the reins to Narendra Modi’s future as prime minister.