Election Commission sounded the election bugle in Rajasthan in the last week by announcing the dates. Along with that, the election commission launched cVIGIL app to monitor the Model Code of Conduct.

Therefore, Rajasthan Chief Electoral Officer Anand Kumar conveyed that the citizens can report Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violations through the cVIGIL application.

Kumar said that the application is now operational in the state and by using it citizens can report incidents of misconduct within minutes. Further, there is no need to rush to the office of the returning officer to lodge a complaint, he said.

Addressing a meeting during the state-level cVIGIL app training exercise for election officers, Kumar said citizens with the application can click a picture or record a video of up to two minutes’ of the scene of MCC violations.

How the app will work?

The app user has to upload a photo or a video of the misconduct. Using the geographic information system, the app can locate the scene of the violation.

After the violation is successfully submitted, the citizen will get a unique ID to track the plaint and receive follow-up updates on his or her mobile. The election commission will take actions after studying the authenticity of the complaints.

A citizen can report many such incidents and he will get a unique id for each report for follow-up updates. The identity of the complainant will be kept confidential, he added.

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The cVIGIL app is the revolutionary app to keep Model Code of Conduct in check in the poll-bound areas. The election commission is hoping it to be the best way to monitor the system.

Rajasthan state will witness the election of the government on December 7, 2018. More than 4.7 Crore voters will decide the future of Rajasthan as final results will be out on December 11.