Haryana Power Minister Venod Sharma, in the eye of a storm following recent revelations in the Jessica Lal murder case in which his son Manu Sharma is the main accused, has resigned.

Sharma has submitted his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi informing her that he does not wish to remain a minister till the case against his son is not decided, according to All India Congress Committee general secretary Janardan Dwivedi, incharge of party affairs in Haryana.