Over 12,500 complaints filed regarding violations to the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) were addressed in the district over the past ten days.
Brought into effect on March 16 with the announcement of the general elections, the MCC prohibited the use of posters, hoardings and paintings of political parties, and ordered the removal of existing ones within 48 hours of the announcement.
As of Monday, the district administration addressed a total of 10,219 complaints regarding posters, hoardings, and paintings on government property and 2,459 complaints from owners of private properties, and addressed all of them, removing the hoardings and whitewashing the paintings. The highest number of complaints was 2,661 received from the Komarapalayam assembly constituency, while the lowest was 22 from Paramathi Velur assembly constituency.
