#RahulGandhi Did Not Retweet #ElonMusk’s Post Without a Reason. Billionaire Elon Musk is currently seething with anger on Twitter. Rahul Gandhi recently retweeted one of Musk’s posts, cryptically suggesting that just one more name remains to be revealed. But why exactly is Elon Musk so furious? The roots of his anger lie in the battle over Starlink. And this confrontation began four years ago. The story is actually quite simple to understand. Mukesh Ambani has divided his business empire into two parts. One part has been entrusted to Anant Ambani, encompassing Reliance, while the other has also been handed to Anant Ambani, covering technology, communications, data, and satellite internet. In the coming years, satellite internet is poised to become one of the most lucrative industries in the world and a powerful instrument capable of granting unprecedented influence over the world. It was over this very issue that Donald Trump and Elon Musk had their first major confrontation. That dispute eventually led Musk to part ways with Trump. Indian politics has never been straightforward. We are one of the world's largest consumer markets a vast economy driven by consumption. Whoever controls the Indian consumer wields extraordinary power. That is precisely why India has consistently attracted interference, intrusion, and intervention from powerful interests. @RahulGandhi Rahul Gandhi understands this equation remarkably well. And that is why he has brought the Starlink controversy into the public spotlight at precisely the right moment. Will this put Ambani in trouble? No. The people who will find themselves in trouble are, first, Narendra Modi, followed by Donald Trump and Gautam Adani. To understand why, we need to revisit an incident that took place four years ago. The twentieth century will forever be remembered as the century of gold and the petrodollar. But the fuel of the twenty-first century is something entirely different. Data. Your data. My data. Today, personal data has become one of the most profitable resources in the world. Consequently, wars are no longer fought over oil in quite the same way they once were. Technological transformation has fundamentally altered the architecture of modern warfare. Our Supreme Leader recently returned to India after a visit to the United States. During that visit, he also met Elon Musk. Incidentally, Elon Musk’s English is not particularly easy to understand. Turning on YouTube’s closed captions makes it considerably easier to figure out exactly what he is saying. Following this meeting with Musk, our Supreme Leader also invited Indian billionaires from around the world to the White House and hosted a dinner with them. Why exactly was all this necessary? The lapdog media devoted column after column to explaining it. Special programmes were produced, bulletins were aired, and elaborate narratives were constructed. Yet none of these explanations offered anything particularly substantive. However, I came across a passing reference in the American media. That reference concerned the Starlink satellite internet constellation. Before examining the various circumstances and questions raised above, let us first understand what the Starlink satellite internet constellation actually is. Starlink is a satellite-based technology designed to deliver high-speed internet connectivity. Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX, had been developing this infrastructure for the preceding seven years. In 2019, SpaceX launched 60 small satellites simultaneously into low Earth orbit, marking the beginning of the service. Today, Starlink provides internet services in 56 countries around the world. By June 2023, SpaceX had launched more than 4,000 satellites into low Earth orbit, where they continue to circle the planet. Each of these satellites weighs approximately 260 to 290 kilograms. Currently, much of our internet connectivity is delivered through optical fibre. Because optical fibre relies on ground-based infrastructure, India still struggles to provide reliable internet access to several remote and underserved regions. Starlink, however, possesses a technological infrastructure capable of delivering internet connectivity to virtually every corner of the world. Elon Musk has invested staggering sums of money in developing this technology. To pursue these ambitions, he exited OpenAI in 2018, leaving Sam Altman the favoured protégé of what I describe as the Jewish lobby’s secret society—in a leadership position. Soon afterward, Musk acquired Twitter and established his undisputed dominance over the platform. A dramatic purge of non-Jewish individuals occupying influential positions began. His resentment was particularly directed toward Jack Dorsey and Evan Williams. However, Christopher Isaac Stone, the third Twitter co-founder associated with the other two, somehow escaped unscathed. Musk had begun consolidating his control over the world's data companies long before this. The acquisition of Twitter made him even more powerful. Following the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, even Google has so far struggled to demonstrate enough strength to decisively challenge Musk. Perhaps Google will eventually develop Bard into a sufficiently powerful competitor. But the Jewish lobby, in my view, believes in healthy competition among its own members not competition directed against one another. Anyway, let us return to the central issue. Musk has spent billions of dollars establishing Starlink’s satellite internet infrastructure. To make this system operational, SpaceX has created an interconnected network of satellites orbiting Earth. For Elon Musk, the Indian subcontinent represents one of the largest potential markets for this infrastructure. And this is exactly where the conflict begins. Technology similar to Musk’s satellite internet system is also being developed in India. And the company developing it is none other than Anant Ambani’s Jio. If Starlink enters India, Jio’s ambitions could be completely shattered. Through its mobile telecommunications services, and by turning our Supreme Leader into the face of its business model, Jio has accumulated access to the data of nearly a billion Indians. There is absolutely no reason to believe that Jio would willingly allow Elon Musk to gain access to this valuable data. Equally, there is little reason to believe that Musk would simply abandon the Indian market and peacefully conduct his business elsewhere. And this is where the entire confrontation began. During his address to the United States Congress, our Supreme Leader stumbled while pronouncing the words “optical fibre.” Surely, the teleprompter must have been responsible for that mistake. But why was the term mentioned in the first place? Why was it necessary to refer to optical fibre at all? The answer lies in everything discussed above. Mukesh Ambani wants to ensure that no international company or, for that matter, even another domestic company enters the satellite internet constellation technology sector in India. Jio wants satellite internet spectrum to be allocated in a manner similar to the allocation of spectrum for 2G, 3G, and 4G telecommunications services. And it wants that spectrum to be allocated by the government of India. Elon Musk, on the other hand, has consistently argued that spectrum for satellite constellations should be allocated through an administrative licensing mechanism. Such a system would make it easier for Musk to enter the Indian market. This disagreement has triggered a fierce confrontation between Ambani and Musk. Of course, such disputes are common in the corporate world. There is every possibility that this conflict may eventually be resolved. But I have not the slightest doubt that Ambani will emerge victorious. However, it is impossible to predict immediately how this decision will influence the Jewish lobby’s perception of India, the Indian government, the Modi administration, and Narendra Modi in particular. To compensate for displeasing Elon Musk, India has even had to enter into expensive drone procurement agreements. But that is another story altogether. (Resolving a direct confrontation between two corporate giants at the international level requires extraordinary courage. Such diplomatic skills do not develop overnight. They require years of hard work, sacrifice, struggle, personal hardship, poverty, and education at some of the world's most prestigious universities. That is how genuine statesmanship is cultivated. Jawaharlal Nehru possessed precisely that kind of diplomatic sophistication. The interviews he gave in different countries, and the advice sought from him by international leaders, stand as testimony to his diplomatic stature. At least, that is what Congress supporters keep telling us. Personally, I do not buy that argument at all. Anyway In conclusion, there is only one thing I would like to say. These industrialists are extraordinarily powerful individuals. They are so influential that they can enlist heads of state themselves to make what are essentially cold calls for their business deals. Yes, this genuinely happens in several countries around the world. I am afraid of Putin, which is why I have deliberately avoided mentioning his name. In Russia, Putin has consistently championed the interests of three powerful business families. Verify it for yourself, and the truth will become apparent. Whatever the case may be, Modi will soon bestow upon our country a technology similar to Starlink. And I am eagerly waiting for the grand spectacle the enormous public event that will undoubtedly accompany its announcement. By the way... In just a few days, another major piece of news is likely to break. Mukesh Ambani is building what is expected to be the world's largest oil refinery in the United States, across the states of Texas and Arizona. A company belonging to Donald Trump’s son is reportedly involved as a partner in the venture. With the combined power of this oil refinery and satellite internet technology, Mukesh Ambani stands on the threshold of becoming the world's first Indian trillionaire. Rahul Gandhi Did Not Retweet Elon Musk’s Post Without a Reason. @RahulGandhi @rajuparulekar @elonmusk