India elections'Blank vote' arouses controversy in India's general election
Questions raised about fairness of 'none-of-the-above' ballot option
The none-of-the-above option is at the bottom of the list of candidates in India's general election for the country's lower house of parliament. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
SATOSHI IWAKI, Nikkei staff writer
NEW DELHI -- The casting of blank ballots is becoming an issue in the general election underway for the lower house of India's parliament, a vote that will determine the political direction of the world's most populous nation for the next five years.