Nitish Kumar's Big Caste Gambit: Will Other India Bloc Parties Follow?

Bihar becomes the first state to release data from a caste-based survey. The report claims that while 27.1 per cent is from the Backward Classes, 36 per cent of the population is from the Extremely Backward Class which means a whopping 63 per cent of the three crore population in Bihar belongs to the backward caste. While Mahagathbandhan is looking at it as a master stroke, to consolidate numbers in their favour and counter BJP's Hindutva politics in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, we get you The Last Word with NDTV's Marya Shakil.