Margao: Fatorda MLA and minister for town and country planning, Vijai Sardesai, on Monday maintained that Margao would witness just one Shigmotsav celebration.
He also claimed credit for unifying the two rival Shigmotsav committees.
Sardesai, along with several Margao Municipal Council (MMC) councilors and members of the Margao Shigmotsav Samiti 2018, offered the traditional coconut to Lord Dambab, the presiding deity of the city, at Pimplapedd, to mark the commencement of the Shigmo festival.
Shigmo celebrations will be held under the aegis of the MMC. Yatin Phaldessai is heading the Margao Shigmotsav Committee. The float parade will be held on March 4 along the Opinion Poll square to Ravindra Bhavan road route. However, with no official word from the rival group over a reconciliation, as claimed by Sardesai, it remains to be seen if the MLA’s attempts have brought about a rapprochement.
Over the last several years, while the Shigmotsav committee affiliated to the ruling party enjoyed state patronage for the official parade, the rival group would have a modest celebration.
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