Wayanad:Not impressed by Rahul Gandhi's decision to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Wayanad in Kerala, Left parties on Wednesday asserted that they will teach him how to "fight elections on the ground", even as the Congress said nothing will affect its chief's prospects in the state.
"We are fighting this polls to win," a senior CPI leader said on the eve of Gandhi filing his nomination to fight the elections from the hill constituency.
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) -- a coalition of left-wing parties in Kerala -- has fielded CPI's P P Suneer from the Wayanad parliamentary constituency, which has seven assembly segments, three each in Wayanad and Malappuram districts and one in Kozhikode district.
CPI's Wayanad district leader, Vijayan Cherukara, said that the LDF candidate has almost completed three phases of campaigning and he has directly connected with nearly four to five lakh voters.
The fourth phase of campaign is meeting families and it will commence in two days.
The Left feels that the people of the constituency will not choose a candidate like Gandhi as he would not be able to concentrate fully on their issues due to his busy schedule as Congress president at the national level.
"Rahul Gandhi is like an invisible God. It will be easy for him to win polls in his family bastion Amethi (Uttar Pradesh). But the soil of Wayanad is something different. We will teach him on how to fight elections on the ground," Cherukara told media here.
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He said that the morale of some Left leaders were slightly hit after Gandhi decided to contest elections from Kerala but our workers have become more energetic and are ready to take up the challenge.
"Left workers have unleashed a campaign on the ground against "the anti-farmer, anti-tribal and anti-minority policies of both the Congress and the BJP," Cherukara added.
"We will introduce new campaign methods like flash mobs to reach out to young voters of the constituency. Separate campaigns will be organised to reach out to tribals, farmers and minorities," he said, adding that the Left is getting 'stronger'.
The Congress, however, said that nothing will work against Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad.