New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday termed as a 'ticklish affair' the demand for the right to reject candidates in elections.
"We have not applied our mind to it seriously, just heard about it here and there. It is going to be a ticklish affair," Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi told CNN-IBN.
He said the proposed right of people to reject candidates required a "bit of debate" because a situation of majority of the people rejecting all candidates also has to be considered.
"What will happen if majority of people reject all candidates? We will go for another poll? As it is, you have to balance it with the fact that people have election fatigue. How many elections shall we have?" he asked.
Quraishi said the poll authority would rather give voter education and ask them to come out in large numbers to choose a good candidate.
He said the right to recall candidates has not been on the agenda of the Commission at all.
"It has never been proposed to us nor has it been considered. But the right to reject has been before us in some form that there should be a button for 'none of the above' in the electronic voting machine," Quraishi said.
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