Nitish is blaming the Centre for his failure: Sonia

Dubbing Kumar as an 'opportunist', she charged, "There are complaints of corruption, but no tangible step has been taken to tackle this."

"Nothing has been done in the fields of electricity, drinking water, health and education during the past five years," Gandhi told an election rally in Bhagalpur while canvassing support for her party nominees.

"The Centre has provided resources and means for these sectors, but unfortunately the state government has failed to properly utilise them for the benefits of the common people," Gandhi said.

She alleged that Nitish Kumar was not what he appeared to be in public. Gandhi said the person who has been ruling the state for the past five years has always tried to shift the onus of his failure on the Centre.

"The fact is that the Centre has fully cooperated with the state, but the state government has failed to bring the central funds to proper use," she said. Gandhi also accused the state government of being apathetic towards the silk industry in Bhagalpur because of which the weavers were facing hardships.

"There is no drinking water available in Bhagalpur and industries are not coming up for paucity of power. The truth has now started coming to the fore," she said.

She also wanted to know what the state government had done for the recruitment of teachers. She alleged that the state government had miserably failed to reap the benefits of major schemes including the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the Right to Education and other welfare schemes.

Questioning Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's claim of having a secular agenda, Gandhi said he was "involved in the politics of opportunism by joining hands with communal forces."

"The Congress alone is a secular party which can develop the state without any discrimination in the society," she said.