Rise And Fall season 2 is yet another reality show competing with Salman Khan-hosted Bigg Boss 20. While the show has received mixed reactions, it has managed to grab attention with political leaders opening up about their personal lives, sharing relationship secrets and engaging in candid conversations.
Amid mudslinging, candid confessions and fights, Swara Bhasker and Tej Pratap Yadav, son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, have emerged as two of the show’s prominent talking points.
In a recent episode, Tej Pratap opened up about his troubled marriage and ongoing divorce battle with estranged wife Aishwarya Rai, the eldest daughter of veteran Bihar politician Chandrika Roy.
When Niharika Tiwari asked him about his divorce, Tej Pratap said that the couple started having arguments within three months of their wedding.
Tej Pratap said, “What else did you say to the marriage? The new marriage took place in 3 months. We got married in pressure, we used to fight a lot. We got married under pressure, we used to fight a lot.”
Tej Pratap Yadav alleges wife was chatting with her ex-boyfriend
Tej Pratap also recalled an incident that he claimed had contributed to the problems in their marriage. According to him, he had returned home from the Vidhan Sabha one evening and saw Aishwarya chatting with a man whom he alleged was her former boyfriend.
Tej Pratap further claimed that he used to record videos during their arguments, which he said later became evidence in court. He also maintained that men are not always at fault in marital disputes and that women can also be responsible for problems in a relationship.
He further claimed that the arguments made him reluctant to return home. “I didn't want to go home, sometimes I stayed at a friend's house, sometimes I went somewhere,” he said.
Tej shared that he even caught his then-wife Aishwarya chatting with a former boyfriend and exchanging messages such as “Love you” and heart emojis.
Recalling the incident, he said, “Vidhan had gone to the Sabha, returned home in the evening, was entering the main bedroom, she was chatting with some boy. It was her old boyfriend, she was chatting with him, 'Love you,' she was sending all the hearts, everything was being sent to him. Poora was seen from the main door.” (“I had gone to the Vidhan Sabha and returned home in the evening. As I was entering the bedroom, I saw her chatting with a boy. He was apparently her former boyfriend, and she was chatting with him, saying 'Love you' and sending him heart emojis and other messages. I saw the whole thing from a distance.”)
Tej Pratap Yadav and Aishwarya Rai's marriage
Tej Pratap Yadav is the elder son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi. He married Aishwarya Rai in May 2018 in an arranged marriage. Aishwarya is the daughter of Chandrika Roy, a veteran politician from Bihar.
The marriage encountered serious difficulties within months, and Tej Pratap filed for divorce later in 2018. Their separation subsequently became a widely reported family controversy, with both families remaining in the public eye amid the dispute.
In May 2025, Lalu Prasad Yadav expelled Tej Pratap from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) for six years and announced that he was severing family ties with him. The decision followed a now-deleted social media post in which Tej Pratap’s account appeared to claim a 12-year relationship with another woman. Tej Pratap later alleged that his account had been hacked and the images manipulated.
His recent revelations on Rise And Fall season 2 have once again brought his personal life and long-running marital dispute into the spotlight.