Taking moral responsibility for Congress' poor performance in the BMC polls, party's city unit chief Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday offered to resign from his post.
Talking to reporters, Nirupam launched a broadside against party leaders in the city who, he said, wished that the Congress lose the elections.
"In their aim to defeat me, they caused immense harm to the party," he said in an apparent reference to AICC general secretary Gurudas Kamat.
Nirupam said he has spoken to the party's central leadership and offered to resign for the poor show in the civic polls.
The Congress leader said he tried his best for the party in the two years of his tenure as city unit chief. "I admit there were lack of resources in the last two years. One person cannot ensure the party's success. There was immense negativity spread by certain party leaders to harm the campaign," Nirupam charged.
"If I was wrong, these leaders could have discussed the issues with me across the table instead of going to the media," he said.