State Congress chief Ashok Choudhary releases the party’s record card. Telegraph picture

Patna, Nov. 25: The Congress today came out with a report card against the state government highlighting its “failure” on all fronts of development.

But the party was quick to add that it would continue to support the “secular forces” to keep communal ones at bay keeping its option of stitching an alliance with the ruling dispensation in the state.

Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) president Ashok Choudhary, while releasing the 17-page report card, “Bihar sarkar ki asliyat (Realities of Bihar government)”, said: “The government’s claim of development is itself exposed when it says that Bihar remained the most backward state on all parameters despite its eight years of rule in the state.”

In reply to a query as to what is the purpose of bringing out a report card, he said the party was drawing the chief minister’s attention towards the non-utilisation of central funds and its inefficient functioning of the departments. “The party wants the chief minister should spend his energy on utilising the central funds of Rs 1.38 lakh crore sanctioned under various heads in the past eight years. The state’s situation would have been completely different had it utilised the central funds instead of putting its entire energy behind the demand for special package.”

Whether it would align with Nitish’s JD(U) in the general elections, Choudhary said: “We have taken a decision to support the Nitish government in the Assembly to weaken the communal forces in the state. The party opposed the Nitish government till it was with the BJP and it has nothing to do with alliance with any political party.”

Bihar Congress chief, accompanied by vice-president Prem Chandra Mishra, general secretaries Jaeya Mishra, Chandan Yadav, however said that “two- plus-two is not always four in politics”.

Even the BPCC changed the earlier announced title, Nitish Sarkar ki Wadakhilafi, hinting at soft approach towards Nitish.