Days before polling for the Telangana State Assembly Elections, the election commission has logged 7,000 complaints on its cVIGIL app . Officials said the app was launched to have a faster information channel to transmit and track complaints on Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violations.
The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Telangana, Vikas Raj revealed in a media briefing that 7,626 complaints were received till November 26. “As per the guidelines of Election Commission of India (ECI), immediate action has been taken within 100 minutes of the complaint. Apart from this, the 24x7 call centre, functioning with about 500 staffers, has received 44,282 calls from across the State,” he said.
Officials have also received about 6,300 complaints against MCC violations through National Grievance Services Portal (NGRS) and 784 through the toll free number - 1950. Officials have registered 1,020 FIRs related to MCC violations.
