Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan has said that the Model Code of Conduct is in force from March 16 for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in the state. Complaints of violation of Model Code of Conduct are being received from citizens on “C-Vigil App”.
From March 16 to May 9, 4 thousand 555 complaints of violation of the code of conduct have been received on the C-Vigil app. All these complaints have been resolved promptly.
Rajan said that mostly 525 complaints have been received in Gwalior, 349 in Sagar, 306 in Damoh, 273 in Ujjain, 239 in Morena, 198 in Rajgarh, 211 in Indore, 168 in Rewa, 152 in Katni, 127 in Khargone, 120 in Sehore, 135 in Bhopal, 114 in Chhatarpur, 110 in Narsinghpur, and 105 complaints have been received in Satna district. Similar complaints have been received from other districts of the state also.
Rajan has urged the citizens of the state that if they want to make any direct complaint related to violation of Model Code of Conduct in elections, then they can do so through “C-Vigil App”.
For this, the concerned citizen will have to go to Google Play Store and download “C-Vigil App”, action will be taken within 100 minutes
Rajan said that if a citizen has information about any incident related to violation of the code of conduct, he will have to upload the photo or video on the “C-Vigil App”.
On receiving the complaint, action will be taken within the next 100 minutes.
It is noteworthy that “C-Vigil App” has been prepared by the Election Commission of India for redressal of complaints regarding violation of Model Code of Conduct. Through this app, people can prevent political parties or candidates from distributing money, goods, clothes, jewellery, etc. in any way to woo voters, threatening voters to vote in their favour, transporting voters in their own vehicle and can make other types of complaints including pasting or putting up election campaign material on the building or walls or premises of any building owner or getting election advertisements written on the walls without the permission of the building owner.
