[Bazel CI] ERROR: Target - '//:gtest_test' failed because load() statement is missing - Error caused by usage of removed native cc_library in incompatible googletest

[deepalak56]

CI: https://buildkite.com/bazel/bazel-at-head-plus-downstream/builds/5177#019b7295-bcf0-41c4-b413-dcdfa29b0338

Platform: Windows, Ubuntu

Logs:

ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
	File "C:/b/c7ttlwsn/external/googletest+/BUILD.bazel", line 79, column 11, in <toplevel>
		cc_library(
	File "/virtual_builtins_bzl/bazel/exports.bzl", line 40, column 9, in _removed_rule_failure
Error in fail:
         This rule has been removed from Bazel. Please add a `load()` statement for it.
         This can also be done automatically by running:
         buildifier --lint=fix <path-to-BUILD-or-bzl-file>
(04:08:24) ERROR: C:/b/c7ttlwsn/external/googletest+/BUILD.bazel: no such target '@@googletest+//:gtest': target 'gtest' not declared in package '' defined by C:/b/c7ttlwsn/external/googletest+/BUILD.bazel
(04:08:24) ERROR: C:/b/bk-windows-nznf/bazel-org-repo-root/examples/third-party-dependencies/BUILD:35:8: no such target '@@googletest+//:gtest': target 'gtest' not declared in package '' defined by C:/b/c7ttlwsn/external/googletest+/BUILD.bazel and referenced by '//:gtest_test'
Target //:buildifier up-to-date:
  bazel-bin/buildifier.bat
(04:08:24) ERROR: Analysis of target '//:gtest_test' failed; build aborted: Analysis failed
(04:08:24) INFO: Elapsed time: 5.155s, Critical Path: 0.04s
(04:08:24) INFO: 6 processes: 6 internal.
(04:08:24) ERROR: Build did NOT complete successfully

Culprit: bazelbuild/bazel@ec36eac

Steps:

git clone https://github.com/bazelbuild/examples
git reset f98ef393e949d221fe3de505ea162214e13d34fd --hard
export USE_BAZEL_VERSION=ec36eacc31678ecf4b5c25f9ab7ab166330aff28
bazel build --remote_cache=... --bes_backend=... [RBE_FLAGS] -- ...

CC Greenteam @fweikert