United People's Democratic Front ইউনাইটেড পিপলস ডেমোক্রেটিক ফ্রন্ট | |
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| Abbreviation | UPDF |
| President | Prasit Bikash Khisa |
| General Secretary | Rabi Shankar Chakma |
| Founded | 26 December 1998 |
| Headquarters | Chittagong Hill Tracts |
| Ideology | Autonomism |
| Colors | Blue |
| Seats in the Jatiyo Sangsad | 0 / 350 |
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United People's Democratic Front (abbreviated as UPDF; Bengali: ইউনাইটেড পিপলস ডেমোক্রেটিক ফ্রন্ট; [junaɪʈeɖ pipɔls ɖemokræʈik frɔnʈ]) is a regional political party based in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. Chakmas form the majority ethnic group in the party. The United People's Democratic Front claims to seek a fully autonomous Hill Tracts through peaceful and democratic means. However, many of its members are armed and have expressed violent Buddhist extremist behaviour.[citation needed]