The largest number of violations were reported from Firozabad. Of the total 28 violations, 13 were courtesy the BJP, followed by Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) with 7 and the SP-BSP alliance with 6. The constituency of Rampur came in a close second with 24 violations. Key offenders here include SP’s Azam Khan who made a comment about “khaki underwear” of a female opponent and Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi who called Azam Khan “Magambo” and “Khalnayak”.

But UP’s most prominent case is the one where Chief Minister Adityanath referred to the Indian armed forces as “Modiji ki Sena”. However, in this case Adityanath got nothing more than a light rap on the knuckles. Other prominent cases of poll code violation from UP include Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma making a derogatory remark about Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for which he was served a notice by the EC. Another offender was SP leader Feroze Khan who made a sexist remark against Jaya Prada.

Interestingly, UP Chief Electoral Officer L Venkateshwarlu told India Today that there were no pending cases.
 

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Pune District Collector and Returning officer Naval Kishore told the Indian Express, “The cVIGIL app is meant for vigilant citizens. It lays stress on a responsible role to be played by citizens at the time of elections to ensure smooth, free and fair conduct of polls.”   
According to Resident Deputy Collector Jayshree Kataria, “There are no serious cases of violations, like distribution of money, serving of liquor or provocative speeches, reported on the cVIGIL app so far. Until now the code violation complaints have been restricted to minor cases, like boards and banners (put up by) political parties that have not been covered.”  

Pune led the pack with 314 complaints followed by Bramati with 242, Maval with 205 and Shirur with 117.
 

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