New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi slammed the Centre mentioning that because the nation confronted a scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines the federal government was “fighting for blue ticks” on Twitter.
Taking to microblogging web site Twitter, the Congress chief stated that if one wished a COVID-19 vaccine, they needed to be ‘atmanirbhar’ (self reliant).
ब्लू टिक के लिए मोदी सरकार लड़ रही है-
कोविड टीका चाहिए तो आत्मनिर्भर बनो!#Priorities— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 6, 2021
The comment comes a day after Twitter kicked up a storm by eradicating verification badges known as ‘blue ticks’ from a number of Twitter handles together with that of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and different leaders.
The Centre on Saturday gave a ultimate discover to Twitter for compliance with new IT guidelines. In the official letter shared by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), the Centre famous that Twitter has not knowledgeable in regards to the particulars of the Chief Compliance Officer as required beneath the Rules.
The Centre additionally gave a warning to Twitter, saying that non-compliance will result in unintended penalties together with Twitter dropping exemption from legal responsibility beneath part 79 of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000.
