"Chosen". As in forced to chose by the Indian govt. We know this because the French President literally said so in an interview.
“We did not have a say in this,” Mediapart quoted Mr Hollande saying. “It was the Indian government that proposed this service group, and Dassault negotiated with Ambani. We did not have a choice. We took the interlocutor that was given to us.”
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-natio...
https://www.ft.com/content/4e95c46c-bdb6-11e8-94b2-17176fbf9...