Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Deepak Khadka's company owes more than 24 million principal and more than 278 million fines for renting the building and land of the volunteer organization Nepal Scout.

Scout has sent a letter to the State Order and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives on Thursday and informed the details of the outstanding rent and fines owed by Khadka Land Development Pvt Ltd. 

Chairman of the State Order and Good Governance Committee Ramhari Khatiwada informed that after the news was published in Kantipur daily last Sunday, more details were requested about the transaction between Khadka and Scout and accordingly, written details were received on Thursday. "There is information that Khadka Land owes some money as principal and fine for using Scout's building and land, and some has already been paid," he said. ;

Chairman Khatiwada informed that a meeting has been called for December 3rd to discuss whether this matter falls within the scope of the committee. 

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is the patron of Nepal Scout. The person using the land and building of the same organization and not paying the rent is a member of Oli's cabinet. Against Minister Khadka, Scout has asked for help from the ward office, parliamentary committee to the president. After Khadka Land forcibly used the land and building without paying the rent, the Kathmandu district administration forcibly vacated it last May. was a

. As the rent dispute is not resolved, the building and land are still sealed.

Khadka Land, which is managed by Minister Khadka, had an agreement to lease Nepal Scout's building and three ropani land for 10 years in 2065, but by grabbing another 9 ropani land, they used the agreement for 15 years. Khadka also opened his liaison office on that land when he was a member of parliament. According to Scout officials, Khadka, who paid regular rent till 2075, refused to pay the rent even though he was using the land and building. After he stopped paying the regular rent, Scout started imposing fines at the rate of 250 rupees per day as mentioned in the contract.

An official of Scout said that Khadka, a central member of the Congress and a member of the House of Representatives, used the building and land of a charity organization under the guise of political power and did not pay the rent. The then Executive Committee of Scout 

Khadka had applied to all the agencies of the state to vacate the land and building and to pay the rent. President, Vice President, then Prime Minister, Speaker, Speaker of the National Assembly, Leader of the then main opposition party (KP Sharma Oli), Deputy Speaker, Vice President of the National Assembly, Ministry of Home Affairs, Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority, District Administration Office Kathmandu, Kathmandu Metropolitan City Ward no. Scout's application reached the office of 26. After none of those agencies took the initiative, Scout wrote a letter to the State Order and Good Governance Committee, Public Accounts Committee and Education, Science and Technology Committee under the House of Representatives 10 months ago. Parliamentary committees have not taken up the petition for discussion. 

A document has been received that Khadka Land has deposited 15 million rupees in Scout's account in the last 2 months. Khadka Land has deposited 50 million in Scout's account only on Wednesday after the news that the State Administration Committee has not taken any action except to approve Scout's application. According to the letter sent to the State Management Committee under the signature of Scout's accounting officer Chudamani Karki, Khadka Land has to pay 24 lakh 66 thousand 351 rupees 29 paise principal and 278 lakh 61 thousand 500 rupees fine till Thursday. 

Khadka Land has filed a case in the Kathmandu District Court demanding exemption of the fine, while Scout has filed another case demanding an order to recover the arrears along with the fine. An employee said that Khadka Land is also putting pressure on the officials of Scout for exemption of fine. The employee also informed that Youth and Sports Minister Tejulal Chaudhary was present and interfered in the meeting chaired by Chief Commissioner of Scouts Mahendraraj Ranjit to get fare and fine discount. 

A joint statement was issued on Wednesday, reflecting the collusion between Minister Khadka and the scout officials. In the statement signed by Chairman Vikal Thapa Chhetri on behalf of Khadka Land and Chief Commissioner Ranjith on behalf of Scout, it is mentioned that there was disagreement between the two parties in the past and recently dialogue is going on to solve the problem. "Recently, with the aim of resolving the disagreement completely, we have been holding continuous meetings, discussions and dialogues between the responsible representatives of both sides, and through these dialogues, we have come close to solving the problem," said the statement. Khadka Land will invest the capital amount 

has made a written commitment to file by December 6, according to the statement. But Khadka has not mentioned the amount of principal and nothing has been said about the fine. 

Both parties have also claimed that Minister of Energy Khadka is not related to Khadka Land. Minister Khadka has not been associated with the company for the past 2 years, it is mentioned in the statement. However, Minister Khadka himself called the Chairman of the State Arrangements Committee, Khatiwada, and informed him that the dispute with the Scouts was resolved. It is said that Khadka pressured Scout to issue a joint statement. The letter "requested" by Khadka Land Chairman Chhetri on Wednesday has been received from Scout to issue a joint statement. On the same day as the request, the chief of scouts was ready to issue a statement. In Khadka Land's request letter, it is mentioned that the fine and interest imposed on the arrears of the house will be done according to the judgment of the case pending in the court. In the joint statement, there is no reference to the pending case in the court.