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PUNE: Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for politicising the IAF’s air strike on Balakot in Pakistan.The international media has raised questions on the Union government’s claims of air strike and its consequences, Chavan said, while addressing a news conference in the city. The way PM Modi and other BJP leaders are handling the matter, it is very demoralising for the armed forces,” he said.Taking a dig at the Congress, PM Modi had said on Saturday that Rafale fighters could have delivered even better results (in Balakot air strike ). When asked as to who will be the alliance’s candidate for Ahmednagar, he simply declined to answer it. “We have given a report about it to the party higher command, who will take a call on who to nominate,” Chavan said.He also refused to speak on the seat-sharing row with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). “The government should now take the lead and explain to the citizens what really happened..