India, Oct. 10 -- Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk on Friday, October 9, posted a sarcastic open letter on X addressed to "Prime Minister Ambani." He asked industrialist Mukesh Ambani to let Starlink compete in India. The post came amid a widening row over the delay in Starlink's launch in the country.

"Please accept my humble apologies for not realizing that you are the real boss of India," Musk wrote. He accused Ambani of wanting to maintain a "monopolistic exploitation of the great people of India." He then asked, "would you nonetheless consider allowing Starlink to compete?"

Musk argued that many parts of India have no internet access. This, he said, denies children an education and denies small businesses a chance to reach a global...