if such is the case then why the congress defamed punjab and punjabissukhbir said the congress leaders used to blame the previous sadbjp regime for lack of development pointing towards cases being registered against akalis and killing of a couple of its activists ever since the congress has formed the government in the state sad president sukhbir badal on thursday said the akali workers were not afraid of the congress onslaught and would face any highhandedness we will not just sit but resist such moves sirsas victory had also shut the mouth of aap in delhi he added this claim has vindicated our claim of ensuring allround development in the last 10 years said the akali dal chief former cm skips conferenceformer chief minister and sad patron parkash singh badal was conspicuous by his absence at the talwandi sabo conference addressing the baisakhi conference union minister harsimrat kaur badal said akalis may have failed to repeat its performance but are not down i have checked with the police which said that under the drive only some persons had been arrested with 23kg of poppy husk akalis have dared the congress government not to test the strength of the more than nine decadeold party by killing its activists though badal was in lambi and even went to homes of two akali workers to condole the death of a family member of a worker and gave blessings after marriage in the family of another party worker he preferred to give talwandi sabo event a miss sirsa preferred to fight the bypoll on bjp symbol despite being an akali leader over sirsas winelated over the victory of manjinder singh sirsa in rajouri garden assembly byelection in delhi sukhbir badal said the victory of sadbjp candidate had shown that akalis were here to stay talwandi sabo bathinda addressing a rally in the diwan hall at takht damdama sahib sukhbir said the congress government should desist from testing the patience of our workers by slapping false cases now amarinder went to mumbai to meet industrialists and pleaded with them that punjab was a highlydeveloped state and industrial houses must invest there the congress always defamed punjab and punjabis by labelling us as drug addicts and claiming that 70 punjabis are into drugs though some mistakes might have been committed while working for the welfare of the people sad will bounce back soon and our victory in the delhi byelection has shown thatelated