After NDA won Bihar polls, Tej Pratap Yadav criticised internal betrayals in the RJD, calling them "Jaichands", for the party’s loss in the 2025 Assembly elections. Despite his own defeat in Mahua, he praised the NDA's unity and credited Union Ministers Amit Shah and Dharmendra Pradhan for the alliance's sweeping victory. Tej Pratap finished third on the Mahua seat.