#BMCresults: Sanjay Nirupam offers resignation after Congress' poor show in polls

Sanjay Nirupam has offered resignation from the post of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee chairman post following party's debacle in the BMC polls. 

He is reportedly frustrated with infighting and non-cooperation of colleagues was thinking of quitting anticipating poor outcome. 

With all humility, I take the responsibility of defeat of Party in #BMCPolls2017. Hence,I have offered my resignation from the post

— Sanjay Nirupam (@sanjaynirupam) February 23, 2017

The Shiv Sena is hopeful of retaining power in the country's richest civic body. It had won 75 of the 227 seats last time, with the BJP winning 31, the Congress 52 and the NCP 13.

Polling for 227 seats of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai concluded on Tuesday where a total of 17,331 candidates were in the fray for 3,210 seats in 10 municipal corporations. 

The civic body polls witnessed voters from political, Bollywood and sports fraternity. The average voting in the Maharashtra municipal polls held on Tuesday was 56.40%, against 48.59% for the same in 2012.