Predicting a heavy loss for the Congress, the party's former Mumbai president Sanjay Nirupam has hinted at quitting his primary membership. Dejected because the party did not consider his recommendations, in particular for Versova, he said some people were preparing grounds for him to be removed from Rahul Gandhi's inner circle.

Nirupam has tweeted on Thursday that he would not campaign for the party in view of his rejection. He reiterated the same on Friday at a media conference, accusing Congress committee's general secretary in-charge Mallikarjun Kharge being biased against him. Interestingly, Nirupam was removed as Mumbai president under Kharge's command just before this year's Lok Sabha polls.