Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara returned home on Saturday after a four-day visit to Malaysia. The “informal” visit of Mahara, at a time of political deadlock over the issue of constitution amendment, has raised many an eyebrow.

“Since the visit was informal we did not inform the media about the visit,” Mahara’s personal secretary Himal Sharma said. Mahara held an informal meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on the issues of Nepali workers, according to Sharma.