Twitter has removed the blue tick verification of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and several others.
Apart from them they also removed the blue tick verification of five senior NDA functionaries after Vice President Vnkaiah Naidu. However, few hours later they restored the blue tick after few hours.
“This is contempt of a constitutional post. Twitter wants to test India’s patience,” government sources said.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagawat, his colleagues Suresh Soni, Arun Kumar, Suresh Joshi and Krishna Kumar were among the accounts that lost the verification.
The blue tick mark has set up a new flashpoint between the central government and the microblogging site. Many BJP leaders have also targeted Twitter after it classified their certain post as ‘manipulative content when they hit Congress leaders through their tweets.
“Twitter’s rule says that if you have not logged in for the past six months, the account will be considered inactive and verification status will be withdrawn. All the RSS leaders had not tweeted anything in a while. Their accounts were created to avoid impersonation,” said a source in the RSS.
