Journalist Jarnail Singh, who flung a shoe at Home Minister P Chidambaram, did not vote on Thursday as a sign of protest against parties negating the "essence of the Constitution" and seeking power on grounds of region, religion and caste.

"I'm not voting for anybody. No party deserved my vote. There should be an option to reject all candidates," Singh, whose April 7 act led to the Congress withdrawing riot tainted Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler from the Lok Sabha race, told IANS.