Sunetra Pawar (File photo)Join conversation View All Comments → Share your thoughts in the comments Insightful Agree Disagree Skeptical Concerning Promising Worth Reading Big Development Post Comment Be respectful · TOI community guidelines(With PTI inputs)NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar on Tuesday said she would give a "fitting reply" at an "appropriate time" after the Congress' state unit called her a "gungi gudiya" (mute/silent doll). “When the time comes, I will give a fitting reply,” Sunetra Pawar told reporters when asked about the Congress’ criticism.Her response came amid a political row triggered by a social media post by the Maharashtra Congress referring to her as a “gungi gudiya”, drawing sharp criticism from the NCP and its ruling alliance partners, the BJP and the Shiv Sena.NCP leaders, including the party’s working president Praful Patel, condemned the remark as “derogatory and disrespectful” towards a woman leader.In a statement, Patel called the language used against Sunetra Pawar “insulting. ”“Maharashtra, which follows the progressive ideals of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, B.R. Ambedkar and Yashwantrao Chavan, will never accept the insult of women. The following month, she became the NCP president, filling the vacancy created by his demise.