New York: Tesla CEO and Twitter proprietor Elon Musk met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who’s on a four-day State go to to the US, on Tuesday and mentioned that he’s an enormous fan of him and was honoured to fulfill him. Speaking on PM Modi’s management position in making know-how inclusive in order that digital infrastructure could be created, he mentioned, “I can say he really wants to do the right thing for India. He wants to be open, he wants to be supportive of new companies, obviously, but at the same time, make sure it accrues to India’s advantage, which is obviously that’s the job I’m saying. I am a fan of Modi,” to ANI.
Musk additionally informed reporters after assembly PM Modi that Twitter, the social media large he owns, doesn’t have a selection however to comply with the native authorities. Or it should get shut down, he mentioned when requested concerning the firm’s former proprietor and CEO Jack Dorsey’s latest allegation in opposition to the Indian authorities. “The best we can do is to follow the laws in any given country,” he mentioned, including that it’s not possible for “us to do more than that”. “There are different rules and regulations for different forms of governments, and we will do our best to provide the freest speech that is possible under the law”, Musk mentioned.
In response to PM Modi’s tweet concerning his assembly with enterprise leaders within the US, Musk tweeted, “It was an honour to meet again.” “In the USA, I will also get the opportunity to meet business leaders, interact with the Indian community and meet thought leaders from different walks of life. We seek to deepen India-USA ties in key sectors like trade, commerce, innovation, technology and other such areas,” tweeted PM Modi.
He additionally divulged plans to go to India anytime quickly. On being questioned over did PM Modi prolonged an invite to him, he mentioned, “He did. And yes, I’m tentatively planning to visit India again next year. I’m looking forward.”
Notably, that is the primary assembly between PM Modi and Musk after he grew to become the proprietor of Twitter. PM Modi earlier met Musk in 2015 throughout a go to to Tesla Motors manufacturing unit in California. “Well, I’m actually incredibly excited about the future of India. I think India has more promise than any large country in the world,” informed Musk to ANI.
WATCH: ELON MUSK MEETS PM MODI IN NEW YORK
Speaking concerning the takeaways from the assembly, Musk mentioned that PM Modi actually cares about India as a result of he’s pushing them to make important investments in India, which is one thing that they intend to do and are simply attempting to determine the best timing. Earlier, throughout an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Musk was requested if the automaker was within the Indian market. “Absolutely,” he replied.
He added that Tesla will doubtless finalise a location to arrange its India manufacturing unit by the top of this 12 months. “It was a unbelievable assembly with the Prime Minister and I like him rather a lot. He visited our Tesla Fremont Factory a number of years in the past, and so we have now identified one another for some time, mentioned Musk after assembly PM Modi as we speak.
Speaking about future plans and funding in India, he mentioned, “Yeah, well, I think there’s a tremendous amount of potential for all three pillars of the sustainable energy future. The three pillars are sustainable energy generation through solar and wind, primarily. And obviously, India is great for solar. And the amount of land area you actually need to generate enough electricity to power India is very small. I believe it’d be probably one or 2 per cent of the land area of India. So it’s very doable. And then you need to pair that with stationary battery packs because the sun doesn’t shine at night. And then you need electric vehicles, and then you have a sustainable energy future. And I think the interesting thing people will find is that this is a lower cost way to go as well.”
Musk additionally mentioned that he’s wanting ahead to bringing Starlink to India as nicely. “The Starlink Internet, which I think can be incredibly helpful for sort of remote or rural villages where they perhaps either may have no access to the Internet or the Internet is very expensive and slow,” he mentioned.
Notably, his assembly comes days after former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey alleged that the BJP-led central authorities threatened to close down Twitter in India and have its staff raided on the peak of the farmers’ protest in 2020.
PM Modi shall be assembly over two dozen thought leaders from varied fields after he lands in New York as we speak. These leaders comprise Nobel laureates, economists, artists, scientists, students, entrepreneurs, teachers and consultants from the well being sector.
