#CancelallBlueTicksinIndia trends after activists and Dilip Mandal called out Twitter for being casteist

People start a campaign against Twitter for restricting the account of professor and journalist Dilip Mandal. People are calling it casteist and discriminating while trending #cancelallBlueTicksinIndia on the site.

Twitter is one social media platform that helps people voice their opinion. It has made the process of communicating easy and reliable. A number of discussions and political debates happen on this platform. A platform where people troll and degrade each other, Twitter has been a major source of content for many. But who would have guessed that one day it would be twitter getting bashed? Twitter India saw #cancelallBlueTicksinIndia trending following the site's action of restricting the handle of Dilip Mandal.

Activists explained that the trend started after Twitter restricted the account of Dilip Mandal who is a professor and journalist/author at The Print. People called out on Twitter as being casteist and biased over their verification policy. Various Dalit, OBC and Tribal activist protested against the site since Saturday. After they started trending #restoreDilipMandal, Twitter verified Dilip Mandal's account. But after, however, Dilip has suggested on removing the blue tick as it represents patriarchy and a mirror of the Varna system where one is authenticated and others are silenced. People have joined in this protest and are demanding that the blue tick be removed from every account.

Here is how people showed their protest on the matter:

Dear @Twitter@TwitterIndia has been a casteism polluted social media platform. It has made a great discrimination among the casts. It's account verification policy is out of our understanding. Pls make amends in in this.

Or

We are going toward#cancelallBlueTicksinIndia

— Tribal S.P.MEENA KALED (@SPMEENAKALED) November 6, 2019

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

सभी ट्रैंड कराएं. ट्वीट और रिट्वीट करें. #cancelallBlueTicksinIndia

— Dr.Sunil Kumar Meena (@Drsunil0198) November 6, 2019

There should be any rule for verify account . One should have 27 follower and verified one having 400k not verified.

For that #cancelallBlueTicksinIndia

— Vivek Rajdan (@rajdan8055) November 6, 2019

Dear @TwitterIndia , verify my ( @YadavsAniruddh ) and @ihansraj account immediately. Do not discriminate against both of us.I am a backward and Hansraj tribal.And we both know how to lock your office. Otherwise, remove all the blue ticks.@dilipmandal#cancelallBlueTicksinIndia

— Aniruddh Yadav (@YadavsAniruddh) November 6, 2019

We want @TwitterIndia#cancelallBlueTicksinIndia



If you can't be equal don't be partial pic.twitter.com/edp3SDVsI4

— मधूलिका सिंह (@madhulikaji) November 6, 2019

We want @TwitterIndia#cancelallBlueTicksinIndia



If you can't be equal don't be partial pic.twitter.com/edp3SDVsI4

— मधूलिका सिंह (@madhulikaji) November 6, 2019

Blue check marks on @Twitter have become a caste pride in India. It’s a matter of caste divide, assertion & privilege. If you are other than Sc-St-OBC, you would easily get it but if you are Sc-St-OBC, you won’t get it due to #ManusmrutiTwitterRules. #cancelallBlueTicksinIndia

— Nitin Meshram (@nitinmeshram_) November 6, 2019

Make a proper rule for blue tick, don't verify account selectively. Stop partiality....@TwitterIndia#cancelallBlueTicksinIndia

— Dr. Navi Ranjan (@naviranjan1985) November 6, 2019

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#cancelallBlueTicksinIndia

Twitter is favouring the people in power or big and ignoring/keeping aside a major chunk of India. This is not good @TwitterIndia @Twitter @jack

— Tribal Army (@TribalArmy) November 6, 2019

Twitter has closed account verification in the same way as it was closed for the last 2 years. This is just a trick to mislead scheduled castes, tribals, backward, minorities. The thieves of God will continue to be verified through doors. @dilipmandal#cancelallBlueTicksinIndia

— Aniruddh Yadav (@YadavsAniruddh) November 6, 2019

Meanwhile all the blue tick users #cancelallBlueTicsinIndia #cancelallBlueTicksinIndia pic.twitter.com/NhxdzyQ34H

— Riding_it_my_way26 (@rider_number26) November 6, 2019

If you can't give blue tick to all then simply remove all .



We want equal rights #cancelallBlueTicksinIndia pic.twitter.com/56FXZkONWH

— Kamal meena (@Kamalkn96) November 6, 2019

“When I came to understand my due rights I kicked upon the door of the false prison-house of Brahmin cunning and tyranny and emerged in the sunshine of freedom, thanking our creator from the bottom of My Heart”

-- Mahatma Jotiba Phule. #cancelallBlueTicksinIndia

— Obed Manwatkar (@ObedPwg) November 6, 2019

dear @twitter India ,you accept inclusion and diversity as your governing principal .Can you reveal your criteria ? Here i have my doubts , for inclusion you mean four - five castes and diversity means sub caste of these castes. Why not,once & all #cancelallBlueTicksinIndia

— rameshyadav (@ramesh9868) November 6, 2019

There should be one account verification policy for every person in India .

After a certain number of followers an account should be verified. @TwitterIndia @Twitter @verified#cancelallBlueTicksinIndia

— शाक्य वैभव मौर्य?? (@SVM563) November 6, 2019

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