After MCD, another stress test awaiting Arvind Kejriwal in May

NEW DELHI: As he tries to come to terms with the devastating loss in Delhi's municipal polls, CM Arvind Kejriwal could be staring at another mini-election soon.

Election Commission sources said the poll body is likely to spell out its stand, by around May 15, on the petition seeking disqualification of 21 AAP MLAs for having allegedly violated a law that prevents them from holding an "office of profit".

AAP will continue to have a majority should the EC recommend disqualification of the 21 lawmakers, who are sure to move court against a setback.

But the unseating of nearly one-third of his MLAs wouldn't be good news for Kejriwal at a time when his popularity has slid.

EC sources said the commission would have conveyed its response to the President by now if it had not been distracted by the controversy about EVMs.

The poll watchdog is also getting ready to take on AAP and other EVM-sceptics by inviting them to hack the machines. An EC task force is busy preparing for the challenge and will discuss the modalities with representatives of political parties at a meeting shortly.