Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress has demanded "immediate resignation" of Mumbai mayor and Shiv Sena leader Snehal Ambekar over the fire at the Deonar dumping ground.

"While Mumbai was grappling with a catastrophic tragedy, the Mayor (Ambekar) was busy blowing up tax payers money on a junket. This is the height of irresponsibility, after the citizens were already a victim of mis-governance and corruption of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC),"