The Delhi government will have to explain the reasons for calling early polls, which can be resolved only after the Election Commission is satisfied.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has advocated for holding assembly elections as soon as possible. In response to this, experts said on Sunday that the Aam Aadmi Party government may have to write to the Election Commission to explain the reasons behind this demand. However, only the Election Commission can make a final decision on when to hold the elections. The term of the Delhi Assembly will end on February 23 next year and the elections are expected to be held in early February.

Addressing party workers at the AAP office on Sunday, Arvind Kejriwal said the Delhi Assembly elections should not be held in February next year but in November along with Maharashtra and Jharkhand. The term of the Maharashtra Assembly ends on November 26.

An expert, who did not wish to be named, said, “Legally, the Election Commission has the power to conduct assembly elections in Delhi and Maharashtra. But earlier, elections were held separately in Delhi and Maharashtra. The Election Commission should have some reason to hold elections simultaneously in Maharashtra and Delhi.”

He also pointed out that the Election Commission has decided to start the revision of the voters’ list in Delhi in January next year. The revision of the voters’ list enables new and first-time voters to register their names. Therefore, the Commission may prefer to hold elections in Delhi only on time.

Two days after being released on bail from Tihar jail in Delhi liquor scam case, the national convener of Aam Aadmi Party said he would resign as chief minister in two days and call for early elections. He vowed that he would not be chief minister until the people of Delhi give him a “certificate of honesty” by giving AAP a win.