Vedika Znwar @vedikaznwar01 - Twitter Profile

9 days ago

Dear @elonmusk, India is not your colony, and its telecom policy is not yours to dictate. Before you lecture India on who really runs the country, learn the difference between a nation and a market you want access to. Your Starlink pitch is a sales proposal reinforced with humanitarian concern, is a gratuitous insult to India thrown in for effect. You invoke our children, our villages and our disaster victims, then suggest that our elected leadership exists to protect a billionaire’s commercial interests. I have to say—this is an absolute metaphor foe corporate entitlement. Here are a few facts you might find inconvenient. In August 2026 alone, India’s UPI processed 24.5 billion transactions worth ₹29.82 lakh crore. A homegrown digital payments system has made instant transfers part of everyday life for millions, without requiring Indians to depend on American payment giants. By May 2025, 97.65% of India’s villages had mobile connectivity, and 96.8% had 4G coverage. These are official Indian government figures, not a billionaire’s sales pitc Does India still have connectivity gaps? Absolutely. Can Starlink help remote communities and disaster-hit regions? Certainly. Then make a compelling case for your service, compete fairly and let Indian consumers decide. You do not get to portray an entire country as technologically helpless merely because you want a bigger market. And the irony of your political condescension deserves attention. You come from a country whose electoral administration is fragmented across more than 10,000 jurisdictions, with voting rules and procedures varying from state to state. India conducts the world’s largest electoral exercise through a constitutional framework administered by the Election Commission of India, bringing hundreds of millions of voters into the democratic process. Our electoral system has imperfections and deserves scrutiny, just as yours does. But the notion that an American billionaire is entitled to sneer at Indian democracy while demanding that its leadership accommodate his business is breathtaking arrogance. And let us be clear about the word monopoly. If any Indian corporation is abusing market power or using political influence to obstruct competition, produce the evidence. Investigate it. Prove it. But do not confuse a regulatory decision you dislike with proof of corruption, or wrap an unsubstantiated insinuation in concern for poor children. Starlink is not a gift to India. It is a commercial service seeking customers in India. India has every right to insist on spectrum compliance, security safeguards, lawful interception and terms that serve its national interest. No company, however wealthy its owner, is entitled to exemptions from the laws of a sovereign nation. You have built businesses by challenging established players. Fine. Now face the same test yourself: compete, innovate, lower prices and earn the trust of your customers. India does not owe you access on your terms. Its people are not props in your public-relations campaign, and its Prime Minister is not your subordinate. You may own a company that wants to enter India. You do not own the right to lecture India on how to run itself.

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