Caste count seen as a strategic move by government to weaken Opposition plank

The announcement, which comes ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls, has longer-term implications too; the outcome is likely to open avenues for new political negotiations, coalitions, and party politics as well as emergence of new aspirations

​The announcement, which comes ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls, has longer-term implications too; the outcome is likely to open avenues for new political negotiations, coalitions, and party politics as well as emergence of new aspirations