New Delhi: The Congress, which lost power in Karnataka a few months back, is still trying to seat a leader with a stronghold in the post of Leader of the Opposition. According to Congress sources, the party high command can sit on former CM Siddaramaiah on this post. In order to maintain the political influence of the party in the state, the high command does not see any other option than Siddaramaiah. That is why the Congress leadership has almost made up its mind to make Siddaramaiah the leader of opposition in Karnataka.

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According to Congress sources, after consulting the factional leaders of the Karnataka Congress and taking ground feedback, the high command has a clear assessment that no other leader of the party is more effective than Siddaramaiah for the aggressive politics of the BJP and the Chief Minister Yeddyurappa. is. However, apart from Mallikarjun Kharge, Veerappa Moily, not only former deputy CM G Parameswaran, senior leaders like Muniyappa, considered close to the Gandhi family, are objecting to once again handing over the leadership of the state Congress to Siddaramaiah.

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These leaders, who are opposing the initiative of making Siddaramaiah the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, the opposition, argue that the former Chief Minister has run the Karnataka Congress on his own for the last ten years. In the last assembly, the high command gave him a free hand, but he failed to save the party's power in the state. Not only this, but he was also not successful in saving the Congress-JDS coalition government and some of his special supporters Congress MLAs brought down the government. Despite all this, Siddaramaiah, the party high command's first choice, is being told.

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