New Delhi: Law and Justice Minister Jana Krishnamurthy has resigned from the Union Cabinet as he wanted to retain the Ministry and was not agreeable to accept any other portfolio offered to him, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said tonight (Jan 29).

Speaking to reporters after the swearing in ceremony of new ministers, Vajpayee regretted the decision of the former BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) president to resign from the ministry.

Vajpayee said he tried to persuade Krishnamurthy to take any other portfolio but to no avail.

PTI