<b>Newsmaker:</b> Ups and downs of Sanjay Nirupam's political journey

Nirupam was seen as a choice to counter Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray

Mumbai Congress Chief Sanjay Nirupam has offered to resign after the party’s poor showing in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections.

A Shiv Sena import, he was made Mumbai Regional Congress Committee president by Rahul Gandhi in March 2015, months after the party was wiped out in the 2014 general election and then lost the Maharashtra Assembly polls, to revive a wilting organisation in the country’s financial capital. Sanjay had earned his reputation as a forceful speaker during Lok Sabha debates and his lung power was often put to good use by party managers in the House, to shout down the