Election Commission empowered citizens with cVigil apps for reporting violation of Model Code of Conduct

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMarch 16, 2024

In order to ensure effective implementation of the Model Code of Conduct or the MCC as it is popularly known, the Election Commission of India has empowered the citizens of India with the cVigil App for filing violation of MCC or expenditure violation by contesting candidate or political parties.

According to press release, the Commission informed that cVIGIL provides time-stamped evidentiary proof of the Model Code of conduct/ Expenditure Violation by empowering every citizen to click a photo or video using his or her smartphone.

The Commission informed the application is based on GIS technology and the unique feature of auto location provides fairly correct information which can be relied upon by flying squads to navigate to the right spot of incidence and take prompt action.

Voting for 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam in 3 phases on April 19, 26 and May 7; Poll in Manipur and Tripura in 2 phases, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram in 1st phase

“This app prioritizes the speedy and effective actions by authorities and promised users status reports within 100 minutes,” the Commission assured while informing that the application is available on the Google Play store and Apple App Store

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