Shivakumar heads to Delhi amid speculation over Karnataka cabinet portfoliosKarnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar is set to visit New Delhi amid speculation over discussions with the Congress high command on portfolio allocation for 19 newly inducted ministers. There is intense speculation within party circles that Shivakumar’s Delhi visit could include discussions with the Congress high command on the allocation of portfolios to the 19 new ministers inducted into his cabinet on August 3. On Sunday, Shivakumar met senior MLA and former minister Dinesh Gundu Rao. With no women represented in his cabinet, pressure is also mounting on Shivakumar to fill the lone vacant berth with a woman minister. Two months after assuming office as CM, Shivakumar expanded his cabinet on August 3 by inducting 19 ministers, taking its total strength to 33.