The party of Mulayam Singh Yadav, the strong man of Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party (SP) made its debut in Karnataka bagging one seat in the Assembly elections held in 2013. Robin Mathews heads the party in Karnataka and is hopeful of strengthening its base in the run up to the state’s assembly elections in 2018. He spoke to Y Maheswara Reddy about the state of the party and his plans to the make it the party of the state!
The SP’s candidate C P Yogeshwara won from Channapattana by a majority of more 7,000 votes against the Janata Dal (Secular) candidate Anitha Kumaraswamy. However, Yogeshwara was inclined to be identified as a Congress MLA more than an SP MLA in the state for reasons best known to him. Now the responsibility of strengthening the SP in Karnataka has been assigned to Robin Mathews.
Though Robin Mathews hails from Kerala and is not familiar with Karnataka, he seems to be confident of succeeding in his mission. He had contested the elections for the Lok Sabha from Chikballapur as an SP candidate against political heavyweights such as M Veerappa Moily, Bachche Gowda, H D Kumaraswamy and G V Sreerama Reddy. He lost his deposit but is content with the experience he gained from that unsuccessful bid.
Neither you nor the SP is familiar with Karnataka. How confident are you on making an impact on Karnataka politics?
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