The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday (October 9, 2026) criticised SpaceX founder Elon Musk for his remarks on India’s spectrum allocation policy, while taking a jibe at the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, over his exchange with Mr. Musk on X.
“What is more surprising is that Mr. “What happened for him to become ‘surrender’ Gandhi. His own advisors, like Mr. Musk and Mr. ‘surrender’ Gandhi overnight”.
Musk,” BJP national vice-president Ram Madhav told the media. Jairam Ramesh himself, had tweeted in the past that Elon Musk’s Starlink can be a national security risk,” he said, adding: “The whole country would like to know what happened between Mr.
Rahul Gandhi, who earlier always used to accuse us of surrendering before the American leadership, is now championing the cause of Mr.
Musk] was seeking to ridicule as oligarchs? Mr. Musk was seeking to ridicule some of our business leaders as oligarchs. Even Jio and Airtel, along with Starlink, are also waiting. In a very non-discriminatory way, the Government of India will take its decision at an appropriate time. “This is Modi government. Everything will happen in a transparent and non-discriminatory way,” Mr. In a post tagging Mr. “I am not in government anymore and certainly do not speak for it. Chandrasekhar. He (Gandhi) should explain to the country. As far as the spectrum issue is concerned, we have seen that under the UPA government, their leaders were involved in spectrum-related corruption cases. The spectrum was sold in an indiscriminate way, leading to huge corruption allegations. This is the Modi government.
Pointing out that India has faced years of terror and insurgency supported by inimical state actors in its neighbourhood, he said that from the 26/11 terror attacks to the recent attacks in Pahalgam, satcom had been a preferred means of communication for terrorists.
Stating that India had a proper, non-discriminatory system in place to allocate spectrum, he said: “Whom he [Mr. Madhav said, alleging that spectrum had been sold indiscriminately during the UPA regime, leading to huge corruption allegations. Musk, former Union Information Technology Minister and BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the technology sector is governed by three principles of openness, safety and trust, and accountability. But it seems to me that the government has made it clear: all three satcom licensees are at broadly the same stage of ensuring security clearance by verifying its safety and trust first, then spectrum,” he said, adding that satellite IP services had several security implications. Satellite VoIP and encryption posed further security challenges, which were not insurmountable but required new capabilities and capacity to ensure safety and trust, said Mr. Earlier reporting noted: BJP leader Ram Madhav said India was not a “banana republic”, and that companies such as Jio, Airtel and Starlink were also waiting for spectrum allocation. Everything will happen in a transparent and non-discriminatory way,” BJP national vice president Ram Madhav said. Earlier reporting noted: Madhav said the due processes for the license are being followed.
Earlier reporting noted: “The whole country would like to know what happened overnight.
