<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #212121;"><strong>New Delhi:</strong> After removing the blue tick from Vice President Of India Venkaiah Naidu&rsquo;s account and later restoring it after the Centre&rsquo;s interference, Twitter has now withdrawn the blue tick from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's personal account.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #212121;">Twitter has not justified reasons for the action but had cited earlier on Saturday that it is removing the verification status from those accounts which are inactive from the last 6 months.</span></span></span></p> <p><a href="https://ift.tt/3fRA8Ex style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also Read|</span></span>Twitter Restores Blue Tick Of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu's Account After Centre's Interference</strong></span></a></p> <p><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">However, there are many such accounts like Late finance minister Arun Jaitley, Late External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj which has the blue badge even after remaining inactive for a year. </span></span></span><span style="color: #3e3e3e;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bhagwat&rsquo;s handle has 209k followers and he has not tweeted anything since he joined it.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #212121;">Twitter has also unverified accounts of other RSS functionaries like Suresh Soni ( Sah Sar Karywah, RSS), Arun Kumar (Akhil Bhartiya Prachar Pramukh, RSS), Krishna Gopal (Sah Sar Karywah, RSS), and Suresh Joshi (Sarkaryawah, RSS).</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #3e3e3e;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #212121;">Meanwhile, regarding Naidu&rsquo;s handle, </span><span style="color: #212121;">ANI cited </span><span style="color: #212121;">that the blue tick had gotten removed as the personal account of the Vice- President had remained inactive since July last year. An official statement from the platform is awaited.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #3e3e3e;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Naidu&rsquo;s Twitter handle &mdash; @MVenkaiahNaidu &mdash; has 1.3 million followers. The last tweet from his account was on July 23, 2020, which shows the vice-president is not active on his personal account since then.</span></span></span></p> <h3><strong>What are Twitter's policies for obtaining the blue tick?</strong></h3> <p>According to the policies stated by Twitter for the blue badge, an account must be notable, authentic, and active.</p> <p>Twitter currently verifies 6 types of notable handles which include Government Companies, brands and non-profit organisation, News organizations and journalists, Entertainment, Sports and esports, activists, organisers, and other influential individuals.</p> <p><br /><br /></p>

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