A seemingly composed Chief Minister, speaking to reporters said that he prayed the Almighty for the dexterity to execute rehabilitation work in flood-hit areas of northern Karnataka and ability to cope up with ‘arduous situations in future’.

The Chief Minister said that challenges are common for people in public life and he had been facing them in each stage of his life.   

Yeddyurappa, however, asserted that the BJP is a party with principles and ideologies and the central leadership will not be swayed over by any pressure,  whether money or muscle power.