India Reacts To Elon Musk’s Proposal Of Charging $8 For A Blue Tick Verification Subscription On Twitter

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been the talk of the town after he made significant adjustments to Twitter after completing its $44 billion takeover. While Musk and Twitter have been making noise for first laying off its top executives and then a huge number of staff, he made another significant decision.

A new Twitter chief recently revealed that the firm will now charge $20 per month for the “blue tick” verification.

However, soon after the news was announced, people from all over the world went crazy. While public figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Stephen King criticized the action, many netizens supported it.

However, after facing severe criticism, he reduced the proposed charge from $20 to $8. Surprisingly, this made Twitter go crazy again, and the topic has become a trending topic on the platforms.

While netizens flooded the platforms with funny retorts and memes, many others also indirectly criticized both sides for being too overdramatic over just a blue tick. The matter became so hot that even Elon Musk jumped onto the platform to support his choice several times.

He has posted some memes for all the complainers who are complaining about having to pay for a “blue tick” in order to mock them. He blasted individuals for joyfully purchasing $8 worth of Starbucks coffee in one of his memes. However, they beg for $8 for a 30-day subscription to Blue Tick.

When all this is happening, something related to it also happened in India and is making the rounds on social media.

Recently, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi addressed the issues related to the newly proposed Blue Tick Twitter policy and clarified India’s official stand on it. So, let’s find out what he said:

MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi clarified India’s stand on Elon Musk’s proposal to charge $8 for Blue Tick

Arindam Bagchi, a spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), commented on the recent reports that Twitter is going to charge $8 a month for a verification badge. His comments came when the topic of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s announcement that Twitter will charge $8 per month for the blue tick verification dominated his press briefing.

The MEA spokesperson discussed the entire situation when briefing the reporters. While briefing the reporters, Bagchi made it clear that there are still questions about how paid subscriptions work. He said,

We are not aware of the process of paid subscription, We will take a decision based on the contours of this subscription service as & when it happens.

The comment made by Bagchi suggests that India hasn’t yet taken a position on this matter.

Apart from this, Arindam Bagchi also discussed the attempted assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan as well as other urgent problems, during the briefing.

Apart from this matter, Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, was also severely criticized as he wants to lay off 3,700 Twitter employees, or almost half the workforce, in an effort to reduce expenses and enforce a rigorous new work culture. Musk has stated that if verified users want to maintain Blue Tick, Twitter will charge them $8 per month.