'Why removing blue ticks for'...: Nagaland Minister Temjen Imna Along asks Elon Musk

Temjen Imna Along, Nagaland's Minister for Tourism and Higher Education, is adept at retaining his audience's attention via his social media posts. While Twitter has been under the spotlight recently for removing the verified blue, or golden tick, the Nagaland Minister asked former Twitter CEO Elon Musk 'why blue ticks are being removed for changing Twitter Display pictures'. 

Taking to Twitter, Temjen Imna Along tagged Elon Musk and said, "Why blue ticks are being removed for keeping National Flag as DP." He further asked Musk to tell the team that this is our National Flag and we are celebrating our Independence Day.

Bhai ⁦@elonmusk⁩ ...आप भी ना,
हद्द करते हो!

DP में National Flag रखने से कैसे Blue Tick चला जाता है🤔

Team को बोलो, ये हमारा National Flag🇮🇳 है, and we are celebrating our Independence day. pic.twitter.com/joIIoadQmL

— Temjen Imna Along (@AlongImna)

Several leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party including various Chief Ministers of the BJP-ruled states lost their golden tick on Twitter after changing its display picture to the tricolour as part of the 'Har Ghar Tiranga campaign.' Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the campaign for the occasion of India's 77th Independence Day and encouraged citizens to display the Indian National Flag on their social media profiles. The leaders complied with the request and changed its profile picture to the tricolour.

The leaders who lost their golden tick include Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Goa CM Dr Pramod Sawant, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami. 

However, the Twitter management will now review the leader's profile and if it fits all of the guidelines, the blue/grey tick will be restored. Notably, PM Modi has also changed his display picture to the Indian tricolour as part of the campaign. However, his grey tick was not removed by the social media platform.