"All Will Be Fine": Karnataka Chief Minister On Ministers' Complaints

Days after the August 4 cabinet reshuffle Chief Minister Bommai addressed reports of some ministers' dissatisfaction saying: "Everyone can't get the portfolios they want"

The new Karnataka Chief Minister, Basavaraj Bommai, faces perhaps his first big challenge since being sworn in late last month. Mr Bommai is battling discontent within his cabinet as a handful of ministers, including Tourism and Environment Minister Anand Singh, push for different portfolios. From Hosapete in the state's Vijayanagara district a video has emerged - of a signboard outside Anand Singh's office being removed. The widely-shared video is being seen as a message from the former Congress MLA, who earlier this week openly expressed his unhappiness. "Today I have lost the hope and expectation that I had for my protection... but I have not lost my confidence. I have made my request to each person I needed to... but not in public. Within four walls I have expressed my feelings and difficulties," he said. Mr Singh has been visiting temples in his home district.