However, another MP and an old rival of the Reddys, Shobha Karandlaje was not as lucky as Sriramulu as she was refused a ticket to contest from Yeshwantpur in Bengaluru. Yeddyurappa too had to face acute embarrassment when his son BY Vijayendra who was pitted against Siddaramaiah’s son Yathindra in Varuna, was denied a ticket at the last minute on the grounds that it would lead to criticism of dynastic politics. To add insult to injury, Yeddyurappa had to publicly acknowledge that he had forgiven the Reddys for all the trouble they had caused him when he was the chief minister.