From the Indian government’s point of view, taking preorders might be seen as kind of a snub, like, “Your approval is just a rubber stamp we will get eventually.”
It should be that way... governments shouldn't be picking favorites or holding out for bribes.
Why is the company assumed to be good and the government bad?
Caring about this sort of thing sounds like some toxic masculinity grandstanding childishness. So it makes sense that politicans would.
It’s in any Governments interest to vet new technology or services from multinational corporations before they are allowed to take money from its citizenry. SpaceX is not Governed by Indian law; so it’s pretty reasonable for them to be extra conservative when dealing with new kinds of services.
That's sensible, I agree. My response was to "feeling snubbed for allowing preorders", which is childish.
It seems more like a publicity stunt that Elon can use for childish "grandstanding" on Twitter; sometime in the future, if not already.