Menino Fernandes alias Menino de Bandar after entertaining Konknai tiatr lovers on the stage for the last 27 years is all set to rock the political boat of a few seasonised political big wigs with his decision to contest the upcoming Benaulim segment bye election as an independent.
Menino de Bandar during his acting career has written and directed around 30 odd Konkani tiatr but this political taitr which he will scripting come Benaulim election will be quiet different.
Menino who is a Benaulim panchayat member in the current nine member Benaulim panchayat says that he is a peoples candidate and an unanimous choice of the people.
"I have the support and backing of all sections of society, I have already met a large chunk of voters, my wellwishers supporters, tiatrists, and all have being expressed their support for my candidature," he added.
"People of the consitutency are fed up with the constsnt shifting of parties by the former MLAs of Benaulim constituency and they want to teach the politicians a lessons," he added, in response to the mood of the electorate in the constituency.
Elaborating further he added that all over the contitutuency people have expressed their opinion that the upcoming byeelction would not be fought on money power but by the power of the people and that voters of the constituency have decided to show the seasonised politicians their true place under the sun, he added.
Adding to his claim as a people's candidate Menino stated that the constituency has never elected a true son of the soil Benaulikar to the assembly and it was time that the people of the constituency sent one of its own son as MLA to the assembly.
Taking a dig at the BJP rule Menino lashed at the Manohar Parrikar government for igonoring the needs of the conistutuency and pointed out that there has been no repersentation for people of the consitutuency in the pre employment scheme and absorption in the police force, which he said exposed the communual bend mind of the RSS link governement.
People of the consitutency he said are fed up with constant elections and also the lack of development b y the out going MLA. Menino says he support ranging from the milk man, fisherman community, carpertars, boat owners, youth and a large chunk of panchayat members and other business communities of the consitutuency.
His decision to contest as an independent he disclosed that he is contesting as an indepedent as people have lost faith both in BJP and Congress he added.
On his campign stragedy he added that his meetings will highlight with his own capabalities and will not try to dig into the mistakes and incapabilities of the out goping representatives.
A former sportsmen Menino guarded the goal for the Benaulim inter village football team but in the election game he will have to guard the goal with all his might to emerge a giant killer in the election chess board.