Congress Delhi unit Chief Ajay Maken on Wednesday offered to resign from his post after accepting moral responsibility for his party's poor performance in the civic polls.
The decision came after the latest trends showing the Congress registering a win in eight seats and leading in 26 seats, Maken said that he will not take up any post in the party for a year and perform his duty as an ordinary worker.
"It is a reasonable revival of the Congress but I had hoped for something better than this. I had expected to perform a little better.
"So, as the president of Delhi Congress I take moral responsibility and offer to resign from my post. I have decided to resign from my post," he said.
He claimed that there has been a rise in the vote percentage of the Congress in Delhi.
"We have fought the election on positive issues. We are satisfied that we raised reasonable issues in the election. I was given free hand during my two-year tenure as Delhi Congress president in organisational appointments," he said.
His remarks come after former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday said that Maken failed to reach out to the people and even blamed the Delhi Congress chief's "lack of involvement" with the local leadership.