Kutumba (Bihar): Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi stirred a controversy yet again on Tuesday by saying that the Indian Armed Forces are “under the control of 10 per cent of the country’s population”. He was speaking with reference to the upper castes.

Rahul was speaking at a campaign rally in Bihar’s Kutumba, ahead of the Assembly election that begins on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT

“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 said.

“If you take out a list of India’s 500 largest companies, you won’t find anyone from the backward or Dalit communities there, the

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