A day after Sharad Pawar announced his decision to step down as the NCP president, senior party leaders held a discussion here on Wednesday on the road ahead, even as Chhagan Bhujbal said Pawar`s daughter and Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule was ideal for a "national role".

An NCP worker from Pune wrote a letter in blood, appealing to Pawar to withdraw his decision and not make him and several other party workers "orphan".