New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Centre pointing out that as the country faced a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines the government was “fighting for blue ticks” on Twitter.
Taking to microblogging site Twitter, the Congress leader said that if one wanted a COVID-19 vaccine, they had 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 remark comes a day after Twitter kicked up a storm by removing verification badges called ‘blue ticks’ from several Twitter handles including that of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and other leaders.
Soon after, the government sent a final communication to Twitter asking them to comply immediately with the requirements of the new guidelines.