Then there was also interference by Gowda's two politician sons, both in the government and in the party. During the 11 months when Gowda was prime minister, H.D. Revanna—Patel's cabinet minister for housing—and H.D. Kumaraswamy—a first-time MP—acted as Gowda's antennae in Karnataka. While their influence over the party in Lingayat-dominated north Karnataka was negligible, they held fort in Bangalore, sitting over Patel, and exercising a tight grip in the Vokkaliga-dominated areas of south Karnataka. They're also held responsible for alienating some senior JD leaders and turning them against Gowda. While peace has been made with two such leaders, deputy chief minister Siddaramaiah and transport minister P.G.R. Sindhia, Union textiles minister R.L. Jalappa is still unappeased. Among his several complaints against Gowda was that his sons worked to defeat the official JD candidate, a Jalappa man, in the assembly bypolls after he moved to Delhi.