BENGALURU — Just 48 hours after the new government was formed, a senior minister who submitted his resignation citing severe "humiliation" over his assigned department has bravely agreed to remain in the cabinet after party leadership offered him an additional portfolio.

The crisis began when the leader was allotted the Water Resources department instead of the Bengaluru Development portfolio he had been promised prior to government formation. Framing the discrepancy as a profound personal indignity, the minister tendered his resignation, prompting the high command to immediately initiate marathon talks to avert a rebellion before the cabinet had finished its first week.

"As a loyal soldier of the party, I have never engaged in personal lobbying," the minister said in a statement shortly after successfully utilizing his resignation threat to extract the supplementary portfolio. Party officials praised the rapid resolution, confirming that vital state ministries will continue to be allocated based on a rigorous assessment of who is currently threatening to quit.