New Delhi: Attempting to downplay its debacle in Bihar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday slammed the barrage of attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asserted that he still remained the 'most popular' leader in the country.

'In every election, the Prime Minister is the tallest leader of the BJP. He is the principle architect of the BJP's success over the past few years. Without his leadership in the party, things would have been very difficult. He remains the most popular leader in the country today. Just because we have lost the assembly election does not mean our appeal has diminished,' BJP spokesperson GVL Narsimha Rao told ANI.
Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also defended the Prime Minister, saying the Opposition must not use 'fiction and frustration' as a measure to celebrate their win.