Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar Briefly Loses 'Blue Badge' On Twitter

Twitter said it was in touch with the minister's office and had worked swiftly to restore the verified blue badge.

Junior minister for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar briefly lost the verified blue badge on his Twitter handle on Monday after he changed his username on the microblogging platform. He lost the verified blue badge after he changed his username from @rajeev_mp to @Rajeev_GoI. The blue badge was restored within a few hours. Mr Chandrasekhar had taken charge as the MoS of the IT Ministry last week. According to Twitter's verification policy, if an account holder changes username, Twitter may automatically remove the blue verified badge from an account.