New Delhi, March 20 -- Once a vocal champion of agrarian causes, Aam Aadmi Party's confrontational stance-marked by police action, arrests, and eviction of protesting farmers-may turn out to be a strategic mistake by the political outfit.

The AAP, under the leadership of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, has recently found itself at odds with one of its most crucial support bases, the farmers of Punjab.

While this shift in strategy may stem from immediate governance pressures, it risks alienating a community that played a pivotal role in AAP's rise to power in Punjab in 2022. In fact, many in the party termed the eviction of farmers as a short sighted move by AAP government.

AAP's ascent in Punjab was intricately tied to the farme...