New Delhi, June 27 :    New Delhi, June 27:  K. Jana Krishnamurthi has indicated his willingness to step down as BJP president but the offer - instead of making the path easy - has created more problems for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in shuffling and expanding his ministry. Krishnamurthi made it clear he was not keen on joining the Cabinet, as Vajpayee and home minister L.K. Advani wanted him to in the belief that a ministerial carrot would 'mitigate' the unpleasantness of an abrupt termination of the party president's tenure. The BJP chief said: 'Today I am where I am but I have been requested to join the Cabinet. I am yet to take a decision. As soon as I do, I will inform the PM.' Earlier, in an interview to PTI, he said: 'Not more than two minutes is required for me to submit my resignation if the same is required by the PM.' Asked if he would join the Cabinet, he replied cryptically: 'As a disciplined person everyone will listen to what the party says. But personally I feel there is no need to join the government as there is enough talent in the government.' With Krishnamurthi remaining adamant until yesterday, Vajpayee had sent two emissaries to speak to him today - principal secretary Brajesh Mishra and former Rajasthan chief minister Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. RSS joint general secretary Madan Das Devi also spoke to him. The first sign that Krishnamurthi could relent followed these interactions. Sources close to Krishnamurthi maintained that, as of today, he was in a mood to put in his papers, pack his bags and shift to his home base in Chennai. These sources said he also wanted to quit his Rajya Sabha membership to stress the point that he did not hanker after power. Krishnamurthi told reporters he was not the kind of person to seek any post or office. 'I turned down the offer of governorship. I was not willing to be the president. I have not agreed to accept a Cabinet post. It is not for love of presidentship that I am here.' Vajpayee, when informed of Krishnamurthi's stand, said if he did not join the Cabinet, things would not go 'according to plan'. If he quit in a huff, the leadership feared, it would send the 'negative' signal down the line that Krishnamurthi was being made the scapegoat for the debacle in the Uttar Pradesh and other Assembly elections. A large section of the party blames the anti-incumbency factor and the Centre's economic policies rather than Krishnamurthi's leadership for the miserable performance. Besides, veterans like Kailashpati Mishra, Pyarelal Khandelwal and Madan Lal Khurana - the party's second-rung leadership - have thrown their weight behind Krishnamurthi because they do not want to work under a younger person. In the process, they have made Vajpayee's job tougher. With Krishnamurthi keeping his cards close to his chest, speculation started on who would be the next president.