Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New York against the backdrop of a note by his ministry on 2G scam that has kicked up a political storm in India.

The meeting, at the New York Palace Hotel, is unusual as it takes place on foreign soil with the government’s top two leaders discussing domestic issues.

Mukherjee, who was in Washington for IMF and World Bank meetings, had to advance his departure the city for the unscheduled meeting with Dr Singh.

The controversial note, prepared by a Finance Ministry official, had suggested that the 2G scam could have been averted had the Finance Ministry then headed by Chidambaram insisted on the auction route instead of 2001 price for allotment of spectrum.