 From 2011 to 2013, she served as a Minister of State for the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works.Khadka has been involved in several controversies.Shanti Pakhrin, a fellow Dolakha MP for the United Marxist-Leninist party, has spoken out on the killing of her husband, Buddhi Man Pakhrin, by Maoist cadres in 2002 while Khadka was district secretary.