NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday said that he had proposed to the Congress high command the induction of a woman member into the state cabinet.“I don’t know whether it will be possible to discuss it tomorrow, but I have already placed the proposal before the leadership in Delhi. They said they would call me. There is a need, I will do it. I will discuss it at the appropriate time,” the Karnataka chief minister said in response to a question about whether he would discuss the issue with the Congress top brass during Monday’s visit.
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This comes a week after Shivakumar said that a woman minister would be inducted into the state cabinet before the next session of the assembly.The winter session of the Karnataka legislature will be held from December 2 to 11.Pressure is mounting on the CM to fill one of the two vacant berths with a woman minister.Two months after assuming charge as chief minister, Shivakumar expanded his cabinet on August 3 by inducting 19 ministers, bringing its total strength to 33 against the sanctioned strength of 34.However, two berths are currently vacant in the cabinet following the resignation of B Nagendra, who was facing corruption charges.