The NCP merger proposal has gained momentum as Praful Patel met Sharad Pawar at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital. BJP reportedly favours a united NCP joining the NDA, but Sunetra Pawar and Parth. The talks of a merger between the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have hit another roadblock.Though spokespersons and leaders of both factions may deny that discussions were.