New Delhi, May 1 -- Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has lashed out at speculation that Tesla's board is seeking to replace him as CEO of the auto major, calling the report "deliberately false".

In an angry post on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk wrote: "It is an EXTREMELY BAD BREACH OF ETHICS that the WSJ would publish a DELIBERATELY FALSE ARTICLE and fail to include an unequivocal denial beforehand by the Tesla board of directors!"

The EV automaker also took to X, to refute the speculation in a post signed off by Robyn Denholm, Chairman of the board of directors of Tesla Motors.

"Earlier today, there was a media report erroneously claiming that the Tesla Board had contacted recruitment firms to initiate a C...