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Chandigarh, March 7 – The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, once a strong ally of the farmers’ movement, now finds itself at odds with the very community that helped propel it to power. Clashes erupted across Punjab on Wednesday as farmers attempted to march toward Chandigarh for a week-long sit-in protest against the state and central governments. Their demands include a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Prices (MSP), loan waivers, and higher farm incomes. Protests Meet Police Crackdown The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), which spearheaded the 2021 protests against farm laws, said hundreds of farmers were detained Tuesday…