The world’s biggest democratic exercise kicked off on the 19th of April with the first of India’s 7 phase general election getting underway. But days later, India’s Election Commission, which oversees this mammoth task, was huddled in a meeting worried about a significant decline in voter turnout.<br /><br />Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/heatwave-or-voter-fatigue-reasons-for-low-turnout-in-indias-phase-i-voting-1.102335488<br /><br />See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos<br />Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km<br /><br />Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV<br /><br />#UAEnews #India #politics