Recently suspended politician Pargat Singh on Monday resigned from the Shiromani Akali Dal, days after launching the new front, Aawaaz-E Punjab, with Navjot Singh Sidhu. He alleged that Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal had “betrayed the trust of Punjab’s people”. The hockey player-turned-politician, who represents Jalandhar cantonment, was suspended on account of his alleged “anti-party activities”. He has submitted his resignation letter to Badal, PTI reported.

Singh, along with Sidhu and the Bains brothers, had launched the political outfit on September 8 in Chandigarh. The cricketer-turned-politician had referred to Aawaaz-E Punjab as "the resurrection and the revival" of the state. Sidhu, a former Bharatiya Janata Party MP, said his front wanted to "shake the system that had ruined the state", adding that "those with vested interests cannot accomplish this".

An Aawaaz-e-Punjab poster said it will "raise its voice against those who have destroyed Punjab". The launch came about five months before the state Assembly elections.