New Delhi, June 8 -- BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla has claimed that Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's recent statement about Bihar indicates the party's upcoming defeat in the State's Assembly elections set to be held later this year.

"After the kind of comments made by Rahul Gandhi and his party on the Indian Army, it is certain that they are going to lose the Bihar elections," Poonawala told ANI on Sunday.

He accused Gandhi and his party of making excuses ahead of the elections, suggesting that they are trying to shift the blame for their upcoming loss, saying, "Now that they are going to lose the elections, it is necessary to make excuses beforehand."

Poonawala also targeted Gandhi's criticis...