The Office of Chief Electoral Office, Jharkhand since the imposition of model code of conduct (MCC) has received 865 cases of model code of conduct violation through its cVigil app.
The cVigil app allows people to record any violation of the code of conduct and send it to the relevant election authority.
By using the cVigil app, citizens can record on his Android mobile and promptly to election authorities report any violation of model code of conduct, any incident ofintimidation or inducement within minutes of having witnessed them and without having to go to the office of the returning officer.
Out of 865 cases recorded, 227 cases were found correct after verification of the matter. District wise, Ranchi has received maximum compliant of MCC violation through cVigil with the state capital receiving 203 cases of MCC violation, but out of 203 cases of violation, only 43 cases were found correct.
Ratio wise Dhanbad district has received 67 cases of model code of conduct violation and out of these 31 cases were found true.
The CEO office had also received cases of MCC violation by some persons to tarnish the image of some candidates. One such case include, a case lodged by BJP sitting MP Nishikant Dubey.
A case was lodged in cyber police station, when one Sanjay Kumar Yadav tries to change the picture profile of Dubey with an attempt to tarnish his image.
Similarly, in Dumka cases was lodged against one Santu Besra resident of Devipur Dumka for distributing clothes asking them to campaign for particular candidate.
As the election commission has launched the app for first time in general election, many people have shown activeness in making complaint.
Ajay Kumar Chaudhari, a 36-year-old man and resident of Palamu, prompt actions on the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) cVigil App has led to unearthing of at least four Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violations in March. Chaudhari has exposed the highest number of MCC violations through the cVigil App in Jharkhand since it was launched on March 10 here.
He lodged a total of six complaints on the App and four of them were found to be correct.
cVigil, which stands for citizen’s vigil, was first used during the Assembly Elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram in 2018.