Kathmandu, Oct. 10 -- Elon Musk has escalated his criticism of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, sarcastically addressing the industrialist as "Prime Minister Ambani" and accusing him of seeking to protect his business interests by keeping Starlink out of India.

"Please accept my humble apologies for not realising that you are the real boss of India," Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, wrote on his social media platform X on Friday.

"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 added.

Musk argued that Starlink's satellite internet service could connect communities without reliable internet access, giv...