India, Feb. 17 -- British-Indian author Salman Rushdie expressed his discontent and dislike for billionaire Elon Musk while attending Hay Festival in Cartagena, Colombia. He said that he is not a fan of Elon Musk and would love the billionaire to be the first man on Mars.

Salman Rushdie, 77, made the remarks while talking to El Pais at the Hay festival. When asked about freedom of speech and whether he thinks Elon Musk defends it by allowing all kinds of speeches on his social media platform X, the writer said what the Tesla chief does is the opposite.

He also said that Elon Musk's X curates "the discourse of the extreme-right".

"Elon Musk doesn't defend free expression. His social network curates the discourse of the extreme-right. Ap...