Sunetra Pawar declined to comment directly on the possibility of an NCP merger, saying the matter would become clear with time. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar addressed reporters regarding the ongoing speculation about a merger between the two Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) factions, stating that. Sunetra Pawar's latest remarks come days after her son Parth Pawar met NCP(SP)'s Sharad Pawar at his Mumbai residence.