Theory of dissent

‘None of the above’ is a legitimate option that allows the electorate to reject candidates.

In a functional democracy, dissent becomes a precious tenet as well as a crucial pre-requisite. If citizens are unable to avail their privilege of the right to dissent, then in that country, democracy is functioning with clipped wings. Furthermore, without dissent, progress would be undemanding and stock-still. Consider the Indian independence movement without Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent resilience, America's racial progress without the Civil Rights Movement or the fight towards gender equality without the Suffragette movement.