Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of an imminent Cabinet reshuffle.
Official sources said the council of ministers is likely to be rejigged next week.
The meeting came in the aftermath of the resignation of textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran and the offer of resignation by corporate affairs minister Murli Deora, apparently lending a sense of urgency to the long speculated exercise of restructuring of the Cabinet.
Dr Singh and Ms Gandhi met as senior party leader Pranab Mukherjee met DMK chief M. Karunanidhi in Chennai and discussed the current political situation.
It was not clear whether the DMK would be sending replacements for Mr Maran and former communications and IT minister A. Raja, currently under arrest, who both had to quit over the 2G issue.