Party sources told Business Recorder here on Monday that to keep things intact, majority of the members were pressing PPP chairman and president to convene central executive committee meeting.
The committee will meet within a week to review the situation, but by then the first chunk of about two dozen ministers would have taken the oath of office.
"We want to take up the issue of future cabinet members with the senior leaders; we will not accept those who failed to deliver to manage a place in the cabinet," these members said.
PPP five-member delegation, led by Major Tanvir Hussain Syed (Retd), met Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday, triggering speculations about the fate of the party.
In a bid to 'neutralise' the situation, Sikandar Iqbal held an audience with Shaukat Aziz on Monday along with some party MNAs. Likewise, Nauraiz Shakoor also met the prime minister separately which showed that all was not well within the ranks of the party.
Tanvir told Business Recorder that they had urged the Prime Minister to retain only those who had performed well earlier and also induct some new competent faces from PPP. "We apprised the top leadership about the meeting and our concern regarding party representation in the new government," Tanvir, who is party's information secretary, said.
He said that every MNA won the election from his respective constituency due to his services as a political worker. "The party had no role in our election," he added.
He, however, played down reports of possible split, asserting that "we are in the party but will not allow anyone incompetent to represent us in the cabinet".
He brushed aside the impression that he had violated party discipline by meeting the prime minister and said that "long before us, certain aspirants of ministries had already an audience with Prime Minister.
Tanvir said that they had no plan to seek an audience with President Pervez Musharraf. However, if he wished, "we would love to meet him".
He expressed hope that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz would be able to select a team of honest and dedicated ministers, brushing aside difficulties of the parties.
Party sources pointed out that workers were not happy on distribution of offices, sidelining popular opinion of the party.
It is quite likely that the swearing in of the first batch of ministers on Tuesday or Wednesday would create doubts not only in the ruling PML but also in its allies ie PPP, MQM and five Federally Administered Tribal Areas MNAs.