The two leaders greeted each other with folded hands at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial here. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit were seated between them.
After the controversy erupted, Sonia Gandhi had publicly stated that the whole Congress party was behind Singh in the wake of demands and taunts from opposition parties that the blunt attack by Rahul on the government amounted to an insult of him and undermined his authority.