After long discussions and disputes, Karnataka Congress ended the coalition with JDS government. After which BJP was successful in returning to power. Former CM Siddaramaiah was also held responsible for the tussle between Congress and JDS. But in spite of all this, he remains the favourite of the Congress high command. He has also benefited. The Congress has appointed this powerful leader of the state as the Leader of the Opposition. Siddaramaiah had earlier run the Congress government in the state for five years.

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Despite the objections of several party leaders in the state, the high command has decided to place bets on Siddaramaiah's face again to challenge Chief Minister Yeddyurappa and BJP. The party leadership has exempted the former Chief Minister from membership of the party's Working Committee, the top policy-making body of the Congress, to make Siddaramaiah the leader of opposition in Karnataka and party leaders who object to his name.

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The move has been taken by the Congress leadership as part of a strategy to keep Siddaramaiah a strong challenge to Yeddyurappa and keep Karnataka's second most influential Kuruva community. While Siddaramaiah has been appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly as the new leader of the Congress Legislature Party, SR R Patil has been appointed Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council. Siddaramaiah is considered a grassroots leader and the Congress high command is confident that he can take on Chief Minister Yeddyurappa.

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