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Like many other fundamentalist outfits, the National Democratic Front (NDF) surfaced in the aftermath of the Babri masjid demolition. Many religious outfits, including Madhani's Islamic Sewa Sangh (since banned), had come under a common platform to launch a religious organization.
Today, the NDF has spread to almost all districts of the State and has a membership of about 40,000. This steady growth is a cause of worry for political parties and law enforcers
Though the organization claims that it is a social organisation meant to check the fascist forces, the claim has no takers.
Even the political parties are baffled by NDF's rapid growth. Parties like the Muslim League and Indian National League (INL) are losing their support base and cadre to the NDF.
If its leaders are to be believed, its workers have even penetrated the cadre-based parties like the CPM.
Though, the NDF leaders brush aside all criticism, their activities did come under the police scanner after the Nadapuram and Kasarakode riots.
"The Union Home Ministry had asked
for a detailed report about the outfit's activities soon after the Nadapuram
riots," admits a senior police officer of the State.
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