Elon Musk on Saturday (October 10, 2026) stepped up his attack against industrialist Mukesh Ambani, sharing screenshots of media reports alleging that a Reliance-funded firm helped boost BJP campaigns on social media and that a Reliance-linked company made large political donations to the ruling party.
On Friday (October 9, 2026), Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia asserted that India does not permit monopolies in any sector, and that despite the buzz around one particular company, three players have received satcom licences and can start operations after meeting the security requirements and milestones. A few hours before he made the post, Mr. Mr. Musk wondered if Mr. Ambani would consider allowing his satellite internet service to compete with his entity in the country. “Dear Prime Minister Ambani, Please accept my humble apologies for not realising that you are the real boss of India. Naturally, you would prefer to maintain your monopolistic exploitation of the great people of India, but would you nonetheless consider allowing Starlink to compete?” he wrote. “Let me set the record straight. For us, the Department of Telecommunications, we are technology-agnostic… Our job is to be able to provide the bouquet of services to every single customer. “We are very clear on our stand. The BJP leader also hit out at the Congress in the backdrop of Rahul Gandhi and Mr. Musk’s exchange on X. “As far as the Congress is concerned…
Musk on X addressed Mukesh Ambani as “Prime Minister Ambani” and accused him of protecting a monopoly. It is for the customer to choose in a free market which service he or she prefers, and within that service bouquet, which company’s service he or she prefers,” the Union minister said at a briefing at the India Mobile Congress here. There are three parties that have got a licence; as and when the government decides the charge system on the revenue basis, that spectrum will be assigned to them, and as and when they individually fulfil the security conditions, they can start operations,” the minister said. I don’t think they themselves know whether they’re going left or right,” the former member of the party said.
