The c-Vigil app was launched by the Election Commission to report cases and incident where people felt the model code of conduct was being violated through illegal hoardings, hate speeches or other ways. But the people in Delhi have made a mockery of the app as they have been flooding it with useless pictures, mostly selfies, pictures of flowers, parks and some other snaps that have nothing to do with poll code violations.

“The people in Delhi using the c-Vigil app of the Election Commission were sending a lot of frivolous pictures, mostly selfies and images of flowers and parks, which had nothing to do with poll code violations,” said Ranbir Singh, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO).

“People were sending mostly selfies, photos of flowers, image of smoke billowing out of a car, parks, fans, and other frivolous things, which had nothing to do with poll code violations,” said another official.

“Such entries comprised about ‘90 per cent of the complaints’ sent through this app in initial days, but now majority of the complaints are genuine,” said the official.

Alarmed over the trend, the EC has urged concerned citizens not to make mockery of an important app.

The Delhi CEO asked the residents of the National Capital to use the app only to report cases related to elections.

The c-Vigil app that was launched by the Election Commission provides a platform for the citizens, where they can send complaints and geo-tag videos and photos of illegal gifts, money or liquor  distributed or a hate speech  made by any political party during polls.

The Lok Sabha polls will be conducted in seven phases that will begin from April 11 and continue till May 19. Elections in Delhi will be held on May 12 and the overall results will be declared on May 23.

There are over 1.41 crore voters on Delhi’s electoral roll. Out of the total electorate size of 1,41,28,795, as many as 77,76,415 are male and 63,51,698 female, while 682 belong to the third gender.