Twitter removes Blue tick from VP Venkaiah Naidu!
Twitter has removed the blue tick from the personal twitter handle of Vice President M venkaiah naidu, @MVenkaiahNaidu. The exact details are unknown at the moment. He had 1.3 Million followers on his account and all of a sudden twitter has removed the blue tick. However, the official handle of the Vice President of India, @VPSecretariat, continues to have the blue tick.
According to twitter, the blue verified badge on twitter lets people know that an account of public interest is authentic. To receive the blue badge, your account must be authentic, notable, and active. It aims to encourage and maintain trust between users on the platform by confirming the identity of an account with twitter in order to be verified.
According to twitter conditions, It may remove the blue verified badge and verified status of a twitter account at any time and without notice if an account changes its username (@handle) or an account becomes inactive. There are speculations that the blue tick was removed due to inactivity over a year, but several followers have put screenshots of handles that continue to have bluetick despite being inactive for more than a year.