Former minister SS Patil criticises absence of women in Karnataka cabinet

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Former Karnataka minister S.S.
Patil has criticised the new Congress cabinet led by Chief Minister D.K.
Shivakumar for not including any women ministers, saying this could be seen as an insult to the state's women.
He said a woman was reportedly on the list of 20 new ministers but was stopped from taking the oath at the last moment, which shocked many.
Patil argued that political parties have long neglected women and that reservation for women in politics is the only real remedy.
He urged the Chief Minister, who he said rose to the post with his mother's blessings, to induct at least four women into the cabinet.

Whether the Chief Minister expands the cabinet to include women ministers, as Patil has urged for at least four
Any response or clarification from the party high command on the last-minute withdrawal of the woman minister's name
Patil's call for women's reservation in politics and whether it gains traction within the party

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