Bengaluru, Aug. 6 -- The women's collective 'If We Do Not Rise - Karnataka' on Thursday expressed disappointment over the complete exclusion of women from the state's newly expanded cabinet, declaring that an all-male cabinet is not acceptable and warned that it sends a message that women and female leadership can be ignored when it comes to state power.

"We, the women of Karnataka, women's organisations, and groups committed to women's rights, dignity and justice under the platform 'If We Do Not Rise - Karnataka', are dismayed that the recently announced Karnataka cabinet has no women in it. We had noticed that there was no woman in the first cabinet you formed as Chief Minister. But we had hoped this mistake would be corrected in the e...