Former President Mohamed Nasheed meeting with Indian billionaire Abhishek Verma on President Nasheed’s recent visit to India has raised several questions among Maldivians.

President Nasheed had departed to India last month to attend a conference at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. The former President had met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as the country’s Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on this visit.

While his visit to India had not caught much attention of media, President Nasheed had not revealed the meeting with Verma either. Other meetings during the visit had been updated by President Nasheed himself via twitter.

The meeting of President Nasheed and Abhishek Verma was made public on the instagram account of Olialia World (@olaliaworld).

While there is talk once again at this time that Velana International Airport will be handed to Indian company GMR, many have questioned whether this meeting may have any link to the venture.

Various news sources have claimed that discussions are ongoing to hand over Velana International Airport to GMR. The government have yet to officially comment regarding these claims.