In a sudden development, the official account of Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on his social media platform ‘X’ lost its ‘blue tick’ mark on Wednesday, triggering speculations as to whether it was hacked by somebody.
However, official sources clarified later in the evening that it was a technical issue due to a change in the chief minister’s profile picture for the account. The blue tick would be restored within a couple of days.
Many netizens were shocked to find the missing of blue tick mark from the chief minister’s account, as it represents the official verified accounts of individuals and organisations on X.
Several of them wondered whether it was hacked, while others posted messages enquiring what led to the removal of the blue tick.
Later in the evening, the CM’s social media team which handles the account issued a clarification stating that the loss of the blue tick was the result of a change in the chief minister’s profile picture for the account.
They informed that people could continue to tag and message him on the platform without any confusion.
Revanth Reddy replaced his individual photograph with the one where he walked along with Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi holding torches.
