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Rajasthan: Chief Electoral Office (CEO) has instructed all the district collectors to ensure adequate deployment of forces at the sensitive polling stations so that the voters can fearlessly vote in the Assembly election slated in year end.

According to sources, nearly 8,000 polling booths in Rajasthan have been identified as sensitive and extra force would be deployed there during the Assembly elections. The highly sensitive constituencies fall in the eastern parts of the state, especially Dausa, Karauli, Dholpur and Bharatpur. On an average five personnels of security forces including central forces have been directed to be deployed at each sensitive booth, the officials toldAt highly sensitive booths, the election authorities would be doing videography and live web casting to monitor the polling process, said an election official.

It has been learnt that CEO Anand Kumar has instructed the collectors, district election officers (DEO), to ensure deployment of forces to ensure free and fair election.

Apart from deploying security forces at sensitive polling booths, the election authorities are also relying on technology to keep a vigil on violation of code of conduct ahead of the polling date.

The ECI (election commission of India) recently launched mobile application ‘C-Vigil’, downloading which any citizen can report about violation of code of conduct.

According to sources, the election authorities have failed to act enough against violators in the absence of evidence like photos or videos. Hence, with this new application such issues would be sorted out and the election authorities will act in fast track mode on the complaints related to violation of code of conduct.

Using this Android-based app a person can secretly send geo-tagged videos and photos of illegal money being distributed or a hate speeches being made during the polls.

The ‘cVIGIL’, which stands for ‘citizens’ vigil’, under pilot project will be used for the first time in Assembly polls slated in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh this year.

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