Frank Pallone: “I just wanted to point out when we talk about the caste system, that the caste system is illegal under the Indian…”

“I just wanted to point out when we talk about the caste system, that the caste system is illegal under the Indian Constitution. Twenty-five percent of the members of India's Parliament are so-called untouchables. The President of India, which is the Chief of State, is from the so-called untouchable class, and untouchables are constitutionally protected. Anyone can be prosecuted, and people are prosecuted, if they discriminate against those people of the so-called untouchable caste.”