For the Indian voter, the road ahead from NOTA to realising the right to reject all candidates, and as a consequence, seek a re-election, is not so insurmountable. Legally. Or so it appears to two students of law, who have written this incisive piece in The Statesman yesterday. Future petitioners seeking the right to reject all candidates at an election and reelection will probably find the authors, Samyak Sibasish and Vasujith Ram, second year students of the WB National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, and their ideas helpful.
From NOTA to Right to Reject
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