Aurangabad/New Delhi: Congress leader and LoP in the Lok Sabha 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, 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 said, "90 per cent of India's population is nowhere to b

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