Friday
night's blaze in Bucharest started when a band performing at the club set off
fireworks.
Demonstrators called for Mr Ponta to step down, complaining
of government corruption and poor safety supervision,
Mr Ponta is already facing trial on corruption charges.
He became the first sitting Romanian prime minister to be
formally accused of corruption during the summer on allegations of fraud, tax
evasion and money laundering dating back several years.
He repeatedly denied the charges, accusing prosecutors of
being "totally unprofessional".
Mr Ponta said on Wednesday he was "handing in my
mandate, I'm resigning, and implicitly my government too".
"I hope the government's resignation will satisfy the
people who came out in the streets," he said on Romanian TV.
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