Elon Musk doubled down on his attack against Ambani after calling him the prime minister of India. Musk shared old reports alleging links between Ambani and the BJP. He claimed oligarchs blocked Starlink to keep a monopoly. The government said operators can start services once they meet all security conditions.

Billionaire Elon Musk has doubled down on his attack against Ambani, hours after calling him 'prime minister' in a social media post and offering an 'apology' for not realising that he was "the real boss of India."

In a social media post, Musk shared screenshots of old Al Jazeera and Indian Express reports alleging links between Ambani and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), continuing his criticism of the businessman.

In the last few days, Musk has intensified his attacks against Indian "oligarchs" and accused them of delaying Starlink's approval. On Wednesday, he reshared a post from an account called DogeDesigner, which called for Starlink's launch in India. Backing the proposal, Musk wrote, "Unfortunately, we are being blocked by certain oligarchs in order to maintain their monopolistic chokehold on the Indian people. You can guess who they are ...This is a crime against the people of India!"

In yet another post, he stated, "Starlink will be of great help to areas of India that have bad or no Internet and even no mobile coverage. No country has perfect coverage, including America, but Starlink can fill in the coverage gaps for those who most need it."

Responding to the allegations without naming Musk, Scindia said at the India Mobile Congress, "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. 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 minister further said, "We are very clear on our stand. 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."

While Musk has blamed business interests for the delay, the Centre maintains that operators can begin services once spectrum is assigned and the required security conditions are met.