National Development Front  The National Development Front (NDF) was a Muslim organisation set up in Kerala. It was established in India in 1994 and merged with Popular Front of India in 2006 and stated that its objective was to "focus on socio-economical issues of minorities giving a focus to Kerala Muslims in Kerala". NDF announced a plan to adhere to the "dawa" (missionary work) of aggressively propagating Islam among other communities. Koya, NDF supreme council member, wrote an article in "Thejas", the organisation's magazine, magazine, that "many Muslim organisations hold the view that "dawa" work is fundamental to Muslims. But the same organisations pay scant attention to the work". The slogan of the NDF is "Swathantryam – Neethi – Surakrsha" (Freedom - Justice - Security). Inspired by pan-Islamic reactionary movements across the country after 1992, the NDF gained a firm footing in the Malabar region after the proscription of the Islamic Sevak Sangh (ISS) organisation. Kerala police alleged that the National Development Front (NDF) is another re-incarnation of the ISS. NDF actively publicized its claim to «represent the rights of minorities». The National Development Front has 19 Supreme Council members. Among them is Prof P. Koya who was also one of the founding members of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). In 1997 NDF conducted the National Human Rights Conference in Kozhikode. Based on discussions and understanding, a new organisation was formed called Confederation of Human Rights Organisation (CHRO). NDF worked closely with journalists associated with Thejas Mukundan C Menon and the CHRO, who is closely tied to Human Rights Watch International. The NDF conducted Parades with the slogan "Be the sentinel of freedom" in major cities of Kerala in 2004, 2005, and in 2006. The parades became one of the regular activities on the Indian Independence Day. NDF is in coalition with Popular Front of India and co-operated in the Empower India Conference, which was held at Bangalore in February 2007. In 2012, the NDF conducted different movements, demonstrations, rallies and other democratic strikes to protest against police brutality and government abuse, claim more working rights in government employment,, implement reservation and allowances for the backward communities (OBC) to bring them up to the level of mainstream society, and overall enforce the rights of OBC minorities by forcing the government and its agencies to help the downtrodden in Indian society.