'No sorrow in defeat': After NDA sweeps Bihar polls, RJD says 'Ups and downs are inevitable'

Tejashwi Yadav

One day after the NDA secured a sweeping victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) took to X to share its first reaction.

"Public service is an unceasing process, an endless journey! Ups and downs are inevitable in it. No sorrow in defeat, no arrogance in victory," the party wrote on its official X page.

"The Rashtriya Janata Dal is the party of the poor, it will continue to raise their voice among the poor!" the X post further wrote.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also posted on X after NDA's win in Bihar on Friday.

"I express my heartfelt gratitude to those millions of voters in Bihar who expressed their trust in the Mahagathbandhan," he wrote in an X post.

"This result in Bihar is truly surprising. We could not achieve victory in an election that was not fair from the very beginning. This fight is for the protection of the Constitution and democracy. The Congress Party and the INDIA alliance will deeply review this result and make their efforts to save democracy even more effective," he added.

Earlier in the evening on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed BJP workers at the party headquarters and lauded NDA's victory.

"We are the servants of the people. We keep making the people happy with our hard work and we have stolen the hearts of the people. And that is why the entire Bihar has said 'Phir ek baar NDA Sarkar'," he said.

"When I used to speak about Jungle Raj and Katta Sarkar in Bihar elections, the RJD party raised no objections. But it hurt the people of Congress. Today, I want to reiterate that Katta Sarkar will never return to Bihar...The people of Bihar have voted for Viksit Bihar..." he added.