India, Nov. 4 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has listed corporates, the bureaucracy and even the armed forces as placed where upper castes "have total control" and Dalits, backward classes and minorities, who he said form 90% of India's population, are not adequately represented. He was speaking in Bihar's Kutumba on November 4, the last day of campaigning for the first phase of voting in the assembly election set for November 6.

"Take out the list of the 500 biggest companies, and search for Dalits, Extremely Backward Classes, Mahadalits, Minorities, Adivasis in them. You will not find anyone. You won't find a single one. All of them (their owners) come from the 10% population," he said, referring apparently to the Upper Castes.

"All ...