Two EDM festivals -- 'Sunburn Goa' and 'Supersonic' -- are scheduled to be held in the coastal state from December 27 to 30.
The Congress and the NCP said the government should not allow the two EDMs till they clear tax dues pending for the last two years, specially when Goa is facing financial constraints.
State government, however, clearing its stand said it is determined to recover the tax money from organisers.
"How can the government allow the organisers to stay without paying taxes for last two events? This is money of tax payers. The government should have recovered the money because we are a cash-starved state," he said.
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D'Mello claimed that both the event organisers together owe Rs 3 crore to the government.
The Congress, on the other hand, said it was BJP who opposed EDMs when it was in the opposition and had said such festivals were against "Indian culture" and "promote drugs", now it is BJP's turn to justify their previous stand.
time for them to ban the festivals and prove their objection.
Verenkar also raised the issue of safety of youths and music enthusiasts visiting the festivals.
"We should ensure safety of the youths who are visiting the (festival) venues," she said.
Meanwhile, Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said that the state government is determined to recover tax money from EDM organisers.
"The tax would be assessed by authorities and it would be collected. We are not lacking at any recovery. We are following proper procedure," he said.
Parulekar said it would be wrong to blame the government for non-recovery of the taxes.
"We are following process of law... We are law-abiding citizens and we are going by rules and regulations," he said.
When contacted Supersonic, the organisers said they would not like to comment on the issue.