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‘Ambition is a right… but India first’: Ashok Khemka tutors Rahul Gandhi for siding with Elon Musk in Starlink row

  • On Friday, the Bharatiya Janata Party criticized SpaceX founder Elon Musk for questioning India's spectrum policy, while attacking Congress Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi for supporting Musk's remarks.
  • The controversy erupted after Musk alleged "oligarch" interference in Starlink's India launch, claiming the company had spent five years complying with local laws only to face continued regulatory hurdles.
  • Gandhi wrote "Wait till you discover the other guy" after Musk asked whether industrialist Mukesh Ambani was the "real boss of India," prompting Former IAS officer Ashok Khemka to stress national interest.
  • New Delhi rejected Washington's "deeply offensive" label of Indian workers as "indentured servants," as the two nations remain deadlocked over trade negotiations and immigration policy.
  • BJP national vice-president Ram Madhav asserted India is "not a banana republic," insisting regulatory decisions remain governed by established systems to prevent satcom usage by terrorists, as seen in recent attacks.
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One India broke the news in India on Friday, October 9, 2026.
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