Citing "personal reasons", India's Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar resigned today, becoming the second government law officer to quit the Narendra Modi government after former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi.

The office of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad received his resignation letter today. "The government is good to me. But I tendered my resignation due to personal reasons," Kumar was quoted as saying by NDTV news channel.

There was speculation a few months ago that the Supreme Court collegium was considering Kumar's name as a judge of the apex court.

Kumar was appointed by the Modi government in June 2014, shortly after the BJP came to power at the Centre. His term was extended in June this year along with Rohatgi, who resigned shortly afterwards.

Recently, Mukul Rohatgi had written to the government that he was not interested in a second term as attorney general. Senior lawyer K K Venugopal was appointed as new attorney general.

Additional Solicitor General and senior advocate Tushar Mehta is likely to be appointed as the next Solicitor General, sources told India Today.

Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar resigns, second top law officer to quit Modi government

Ranjit Kumar was appointed by the Modi government in June 2014, shortly after the BJP came to power at the Centre.