bengaluru the decision comes as a huge setback to siddaramaiahs adversaries in the party including senior congress leaders kh muniyappa bk hariprasad and hk patil who had launched a weeklong campaign opposing his candidaturesiddaramaiah now ceases to be a member of the congress working committee the highest decisionmaking body of the party the party appreciates the contribution of siddaramaiah as member of the congress working committee aicc general secretary incharge of karnataka kc venugopal announced on wednesday the eve of the assembly sessionthe appointment brought rare cheer to the former cm after a narendra modi wave in the lok sabha polls three months ago had raised questions over his leadership besides siddaramaiah hk patil and former deputy chief minister g parameshwara were among those who had laid claim to the postfactionalism in the karnataka congress unit was at the fore during a meeting convened by senior party leader madhusudan mistry to decide the leader of the opposition while many legislators backed siddaramaiah for the post muniyappa hariprasad and patil had campaigned against him insisting original congressmen and not migrants should be preferred siddaramaiah had moved from the jds to the congress