The DMK on Monday put on hold the resignation of its six ministers from the UPA Government. The party is engaged in hectic negotiations with Congress to sort out their seat-sharing problems in Tamil Nadu. Deputy Chief Minister of Tamli Nadu M K Stalin told reporters at Anna Arivalayam in Chennai that Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee telephoned DMK chief M Karunanidhi twice and urged him not to pull out his ministers from the cabinet during the Budget Session and sought a day's time to resolve problems. The turn of events took place after Mr. Mukherjee held a series of meeting first with DMK minister Dayanidhi Maran followed by discussions with Congress president Sonia Gandhi.Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel, Congress in-charge of party affairs in Tamil Nadu Ghulam Nabi Azad and Home Minister P Chidambaram were present during the discussions between Maran and Mukherjee.