Chandigarh, March 5 -- The Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government's tough stance against Samyukta Kisan Morcha's March 5 'pucca morcha' (indefinite sit-in) at the state capital has become a latest flashpoint between the two sides and poses a fresh challenge for the state government to deal with the intensified farmer protests.

The SKM, a conglomerate of over 30 farm unions, is on collision course with the Mann government as it has been feeling 'left out' lately, especially after the SKM (Non-Political), headed by BKU (Sidhupur) chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Kisan Mazdoor Sangarh Committee president Sarwan Singh Pandher, hogging all the limelight. The Centre is engaged in talks with Dallewal and Pandher factions that has been spearheading pro...