Senior AAP leader and Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Monday said the AAP has put the ball in BJP's court by demanding early elections in the national Capital in November, and it is up to the opposition party to decide whether it was prepared to face Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

“Kejriwal will tender his resignation as chief minister on Tuesday and the process to choose his replacement will start after that. There has been no discussion on which the next chief minister will be,” he said.

He said that Monday is a holiday and Tuesday is the first working day of the week. “He will tender his resignation tomorrow to Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and after the resignation is accepted, a meeting of party MLAs will be held to decide on the new name," the senior AAP leader said at a press conference.

Bharadwaj said the candidate chosen will then present their claim to the president through Saxena. "We have the majority and we will be invited and then the process for oath taking will happen. This should take a week," he added.

"The ball is in the BJP's court. They can decide on early polls if they are ready to face Kejriwal. One person said had he resigned during incarceration, the BJP would have claimed that he resigned succumbing to their pressure. The chief minister took a wise decision that he came out of jail and resigned of his own accord," the Delhi minister said.

He added that Delhi elections will be the first polls that will be fought on the plank of ‘honesty’. "People are keen to vote quickly and want early elections to choose Kejriwal. There is resentment against BJP. Lord Ram had given up his kingdom and chosen to go on exile for the sake of his ideals. Bharat, who was chosen in his place, waited for Lord Ram to return. Kejriwal is not Ram but is setting an example by giving up his chair," he said.