The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday underscored its commitment to free and fair elections by empowering citizens to report poll violations during the Bihar Assembly Elections and eight simultaneous bye-elections across seven states. Voters and political parties can now use the C-Vigil app on the ECINet platform to lodge complaints related to Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violations, the poll panel said in a press note.

To ensure strict enforcement of the MCC, the ECI has directed the respective state and Union Territory governments to comply rigorously with its instructions. As part of the enforcement mechanism, 824 flying squads have been deployed across Bihar, tasked with addressing complaints within 100 minutes from the time of lodging.

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