There is no woman minister in the Shivakumar-led cabinet. Ten days after expanding his cabinet, Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday allocated portfolios to the newly. The 33-member Karnataka Council of Ministers currently has no woman minister. Gayathri Shanthegowda was left out of the Cabinet expansion despite being the only woman on the approved list.. Nagendra will do whatever the party directs him to do.