Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan said that the Model Code of Conduct is effective for the Lok Sabha elections-2024 in the state since March 16. Complaints of violation of Model Code of Conduct are being received from citizens on “cVIGIL app”.

Total 3 thousand 757 complaints of code of conduct violation have been received on the app between March 16 and April 23. All these complaints have been resolved promptly.

Rajan said that 381 complaints were received on the app in Gwalior, 295 in Sagar, 257 in Ujjain, 224 in Damoh, 184 in Morena, 177 in Rajgarh, 166 in Rewa, 159 in Indore, 119 in Sehore, 112 in Khargone, 109 in Narsinghpur, 106 in Katni, and 104 in Satna district. Similar complaints have been received from other districts of the state also.

Rajan has urged the citizens of the state that to make direct complaints related to violation of Model Code of Conduct in elections, through the cVIGIL app. For this, the concerned citizen will have to go to Google Play Store and download the app.

Action will be taken in 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 cVIGIL app. After receiving the complaint, action will be taken within the next 100 minutes.

It may be noted that the cVIGIL 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, material, clothes, jewellery, etc. in any way to woo voters, threatening voters to vote in their favour, offering or providing their vehicles for transportation to the voters, pasting or putting up election campaign material on a building or walls or premises or getting election advertisements written on the wall without the permission of the building owner besides other complaints.