Two days before the new government is expected to be sworn in, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partners met on Wednesday to discuss the knotty issue of distribution of ministerial berths and also re-elected Congress president Sonia Gandhi as chairperson of the grouping.

The meeting at Congress president Sonia Gandhi's 10 Janpath residence was attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the galaxy of UPA leaders, who have bagged 263 seats in the parliamentary elections.

Sonia Gandhi's name as chairperson of the UPA was proposed by DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and seconded by Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee.