Patna, Oct. 24 -- Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Friday accused the Mahagathbandhan of focusing only on vote-bank politics, alleging that its leaders talk about Muslims but fail to give them proper representation and are driven by "personal ambitions" rather than public welfare.

The decision to appoint Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Mukesh Sahani of the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) as chief minister and deputy chief minister, respectively, was also criticised by the LJP (RV) chief.

Speaking to reporters in Patna, Paswan said, "They only want to retain their vote bank. They talk about Muslims, but when it comes to giving them representation, they give them nothing...Mukesh Sahani has been an...