We were saved because Deve Gowda was PM between 9am and 7pm only.

...“From nine am to seven pm, he is prime minister of India, from seven pm to midnight he is chief minister of Karnataka, from midnight to two am, he is district magistrate of Hasan, then at 4.30 am he has to get up for puja, then breakfast, and then back to being prime minister of India."...

Shekhar Gupta lets us into the secret!