Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday stirred a controversy during a campaign rally in Bihar’s Kutumba, ahead of the Assembly election that begins on Thursday, after claiming that the Indian Army is “under the control of 10 per cent of the country’s population”, in a reference to the upper castes.
Addressing a public gathering, Gandhi said, “If you look closely, 90 percent of the country’s population is Dalit, Maha Dalit, backward, extremely backward, or from minority communities. Ninety percent of the people come from the most backward and tribal sections of society.”
He went on to add, “If you take out a list of India’s 500 largest companies, you won’t find anyone from the backward or Dalit communities there, they all come from that top 10 percent. All the jobs go to them. They have control over the armed forces. You won’t find the remaining 90 percent population represented anywhere.”
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