New Delhi: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday said his request to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reduce the number of his existing portfolios was not intended either to elevate his NCP colleague Praful Patel to Cabinet rank or to seek a ministerial berth for daughter Supriya Sule. “No, No. She (Supriya) is not interested to join government at all at this end. And, secondly, I am not going to insist that Ministry should be given to my party,” Pawar told a TV news channel when asked whether he was hoping that the ministry he gives up, will be given to his daughter. On whether there was an attempt to find a ministership for Supriya Sule or a promotion for Praful Patel, he said,…

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