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The Information Technology (IT) sector employees take the brunt of criticism whenever the polling percentage is low and in the GHMC elections too they are on top of the criticism radar as irresponsible citizens who preferred to stay home.

The turnout was abysmally low this time too and the Facebook was not flooded with the pictures of youngsters with the ink mark on their fingers unlike earlier elections. The reason is not just the irresponsibility and lack of commitment to democracy but their absence from the city itself may be another reason.

Majority of the IT employees are now working from home and a major chunk of them have shifted to their native places across the country. It is obvious that despite being enrolled as voters here they couldn’t come even if they wanted to. “Since lockdown in March some of my friends have shifted to their native places like Vishakapatnam and Bhopal along with families.