Guess who can ensure that Prime Minister Modi is catapulted back into South Block in 2019? Amit Shah? No, that’s too obvious. RSS? C’mon! Arun Jaitley? You’re kidding me. Rajnath Singh? Now you are trifling, so this quiz is over. Let me tell you the story from the beginning.

He used to be a clerk with the Noida Authority. But an entrepreneurial bug bit him just when the world went into an economic Armageddon in 2008. He wanted to get the better of Jeff Bezos, and by golly, he did! He floated 50 real estate companies in Noida, Greater Noida and other badlands of Uttar Pradesh (UP).

His business recorded an 18,000% increase in profits, leaving Jeff stunned. His net worth jumped from $1 mn to $200 mn in five years, prompting Bill and Warren to google him. In 2013, the tax sleuths thought they had seized Rs 400 cr from his henchmen, but had to let go. After the Indian currency was demonetised in November 2016, his Karol Bagh bank account showed cash deposits of over Rs 1.50 cr. He was anointed the successor and second-in-command of a Top Five political party, but vowed never to become an MP, MLA or Chief Minister.