'10% control the Army': Rahul Gandhi's caste claim at Bihar rally, says 90% Indians 'nowhere to be found'

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday made a striking claim in Bihar, alleging that country's 10 per cent, referring to upper castes, "hold control over the Army." Addressing a poll rally in Aurangabad's Kutumba, Rahul said, "90 per cent of the people come from extremely backward, backward, Dalit, and Adivasi communities." He went on to assert that these groups - forming the vast majority of India's population - remain largely excluded from power and privilege. "All the wealth goes to them, all the jobs go to them. Look at the judiciary - they have control there, and even in the army," Rahul said, in one of his most direct attacks on the country's social and institutional hierarchy. He further added, "90 per cent of India's population is nowhere to be f