Sources, however, said that he has resigned due to non- functioning of the Exchange for last nearly one year.
"Tension is prevailing in the exchange and doctors have advised me not to take any mental stress. This is the reason for my resignation", Jain today told PTI.
Things are not moving well in the exchange as the market regulator, SEBI has neither approved nor rejected the application for renewal for the year 2014-15, he said.
SEBI has given clear instructions that a stock exchange can operate only if it is doing business worth Rs 1,000 crore or its net worth is Rs 100 crore. UP Stock Exchange is not fulfilling that criteria, Jain added.
Fate of the employees is undecided due to the closure of operations in the exchange, the general secretary of UP Stock Exchange Employees Union Satya Narain Tripathi said.
