MUMBAI, May 9 -- Speculations about a possible reunion between the warring NCP factions were stoked once again on Thursday by NCP(SP) chief Sharad Pawar's remarks that it was up to the party's national working president Supriya Sule and the head of the state unit Jayant Patil to take a call on the issue. Pawar spoke on the subject in an interview with a national daily on Wednesday and informally with media persons in Pune on Thursday. He said that while some members of his party wish to align with NCP, others do not wish to go with the BJP-led Mahayuti. He, however, said that he himself has decided to stand with the Opposition - a thought expressed by Sule as well subsequently. The theorizing was stoked as Pawar's remarks came soon after he and nephew Ajit were seen together at public and private events over the past few weeks. Sule, however, denied that there was any such proposal in the near future. She told HT, "I have always firmly stood by my leader and my father. He made it clear that he is with the Opposition parties. My stand is the same." When pointed out that Pawar had said that the decision on a possible reunion rests with her, she said, "I don't know in what context he had made the remark; an in any case, I do not take decisions unilaterally." P4...