With less than a week to go for the Lok Sabha polls in Kerala, the number of complaints related to model code of conduct violations lodged via the Election Commission’s cVIGIL app has risen to a little over 2.09 lakh.
In all, 2,09,661 complaints were filed after the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls on March 16 up till April 20, Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Sanjay Kaul said on Saturday. Of this, action was taken on 2,06,152 complaints.
The vast majority of complaints dealt with use of unauthorised banners and banners. Election officials received 1,83,842 complaints under this category. As many as 10,999 complaints were related to property defacement.