INDIA, Dec. 1 -- Over 25 senior Koch-Rajbongshi leaders resigned from the United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) on Sunday, citing the party's unclear position on the long-standing demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for six communities of Assam, including their own.

"The party has not clarified its stand. We cannot remain indecisive when our identity is at stake," the leaders told the media.

The UPPL faces a notable change following the mass resignation announced at a press conference in Sidli, ahead of upcoming political events in the Bodoland region.

A large delegation of community leaders, led by former AKRASU president and chief advisor Arun Kumar Roy and senior leader Sribas Barman, declared that they were resigning from the UPP...