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We should desist from turning the action of defence forces as achievements of the elected government,” he said. He added that the BJP should not exploit Army’s achievements for political gains. “It is high time defence forces are kept out of the political spectrum. “The then Congress government divided Pakistan into two parts in 1971, but never ever tried to use it for political gains,” he claimed.He added that the Indian Army in the 1971 Indo-Pak War took 93,000 prisoners of war, but did not politicise this. BATHINDA: Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal claimed on Sunday the BJP-led NDA government at Centre was politicising air strikes in Balakot , Pakistam and calling it its “biggest achievement”, but the Congress never used such “gimmicks” despite dividing Pakistan into two in 1971.In Bathinda , Badal said the NDA government was trying to encash the air strikes for electoral gains..