According to sources, US President Barack Obama met former prime minister Manmohan Singh, party president Sonia Gandhi and several other senior Congress leaders at ITC Maurya in which Obama is staying.
This meeting happened after Obama witnessing the 66th Republic Day parade at Rajpath .The Congress delegation, also included party Vice President Rahul Gandhi and former Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, met Obama and his wife Michelle.Rahul Gandhi had not been able to attend the banquet hosted in honour of Obama by President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday.
Manmohan Singh was prime minister when President Obama visited India for the first time in November, 2010.
There was no immediate word on what transpired in the meeting of the Congress delegation with Obama today.