Civil Aviation Minister and NCP General Secretary Praful Patel has denied any links with the IPL and welcomed the probe ordered into it by the government. He also charged a section of the ruling party with launching a slanderous campaign about his involvement in the matter. <br/><br/>Mr Patel, however said, congress party per se is not involved in the controversy. His statement came in the backdrop of reports that two Union Ministers were involved in the IPL, which is under cloud following allegations of betting and money laundering. <br/><br/>Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule also sprang to her family's defence on the issue, saying none of her relatives has anything to do with any of the Indian Premier League franchises. <br/><br/>Reacting to reports claiming that a powerful union cabinet minister's son-in-law's name figured in the papers of an industrial group that unsuccessfully bid for a new IPL team, Sule said her family had nothing to do with it.