"Always Had Faith...": Has Karnataka Chief Minister Sorted Portfolio Row?

Tourism and Environment Minister Anand Singh, among those to openly express his unhappiness, met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai last night

Has the threat of disruption in Karnataka Chief Minister Basavarj Bommai's cabinet blown over? Ministers who expressed public displeasure at assigned portfolios seem to have been mollified after meetings with Mr Bommai, who is facing possibly his first major political challenge since being sworn in as BS Yediyurappa's replacement late last month. Tourism and Environment Minister Anand Singh, among those to openly express his unhappiness and who, yesterday removed a signboard from outside his office, met Mr Bommai last night. After the meeting the Chief Minister said: "Anand Singh and I have always had faith in each other. Earlier.. today and always", and said he had asked Mr Singh to unfurl the national flag in Vijayanagara district on Independence Day this Sunday. He agreed to do so, Mr Bommai said.