<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President Of India Venkaiah Naidu’s account and later restoring it after the Centre’s interference, Twitter has now withdrawn the blue tick from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's personal account.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’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’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’s Twitter handle — @MVenkaiahNaidu — 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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