Rahul Gandhi’s ’10 per cent of India controls Army’ shocker: How Congress leader is weaponising caste rhetoric to undermine India, one institution at a time

When Rahul Gandhi took the stage in Bihar’s Kutumba on November 4, 2025, he wasn’t speaking as a reformer addressing India’s economic or governance challenges. He was playing the part of a political provocateur, wielding caste as both shield and sword. His claim that “10 per cent of the country’s population controls the judiciary, bureaucracy, business and even the Army” was not merely a factual exaggeration; it was a deliberate act of fear-mongering. Gandhi’s remarks, aimed squarely at fuelling caste divisions ahead of Bihar’s Assembly elections, were less about social justice and more about electoral arithmetic.

Gandhi’s speech painted India in stark binaries: a privileged 10 per cent allegedly lording over the remaining 90 per cent, who he claimed were Dalits, Mahadalits, backward cast