After BJP appointed OBC leader and MLC Samrat Choudhary as the party's Bihar chief, former CM Rabri Devi said, "It seems the BJP has turned away from its core vote bank, the Baniyas (traders)." "That is why they've gone with a Mahto," Lalu Yadav's wife added. However, she extended her good wishes to Choudhary on becoming BJP's new Bihar chief.