Twitter on Saturday, 5 June, removed the blue tick badge from the personal handle of Vice -President Venkaiah Naidu, before restoring it sometime later.
“The personal account of Venkaiah Naidu was inactive for six months and the blue badge is gone,” an official from the Vice-President’s office was quoted as saying by news agency ANI before it was restored.
The last tweet from Naidu’s personal account was posted on 23 July 2020. Meanwhile, the Vice-President’s official account is active and tweets regularly.
Meanwhile, a Twitter spokesperson told ANI that the said account had been inactive since July 2020 and as per the social media giant’s verification policy, “Twitter may remove the blue verified badge and verified status if the account becomes inactive. The badge has been restored.”
Further, the accounts of some of the prominent leaders of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which were reportedly verified before, did not have a “verified” badge anymore. They include Mohan…
