National Democratic Front (India)

National Democratic Front of Bodoland
Participant in Insurgency in Northeast India
National flag of Bodoland used by NDFB
Active	3 October 1986 - present
Ideology	Nationalism, Marxism, Socialism
Motives	Establishment of a sovereign Bodoland
Allegiance	UNLFW
Founder	Ranjan Daimary/DR Nabla
President	B Saoraigwra
Vice-President	G Bidai
General Secretary	BR Ferrenga
Area of operations	Assam, India
Originated as	Bodo Security Force
Split to	NDFB - Ranjan Daimary Faction, NDFB - Progressive Faction
Opponents	Government of India
Battles and wars	Insurgency in Northeast India
Designated as a terrorist organisation by
Government of India

The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) is an armed separatist outfit which seeks to obtain a sovereign Bodoland for the Bodo people. It is designated as a terrorist organisation by the Government of India.

NDFB traces its origin to Bodo Security Force, a militant group formed in 1986. The current name was adopted in 1994, after the group rejected Bodo Accord signed between the Government of India and ABSU-BPAC. The group has carried out several attacks in Assam, targeting non-Bodo civilians as well as the security forces. In particular, it has targeted Santhal, Munda and Oraon adivasis (tribals), whose ancestors had been brought to Assam as tea labourers during British Raj. Its large-scale attacks against the tribals during the 1996 Assam Legislative Assembly elections led to the formation of Adivasi Cobra Force, a rival militant group. After 1996, NDFB was also involved in conflicts with the militant group Bodo Liberation Tigers Force (which surrendered in 2003). Since 2000, NDFB has increasingly targeted Indian Muslim migrants in what it claims to be the Bodo territory.

During the 1990s, NDFB established 12 camps on the Bhutan-Assam border. After suffering major reverses during Royal Bhutan Army's Operation All Clear, NDFB signed a ceasefire with the Indian authorities in May 2005.

This was followed by a split in the group: NDFB(P), the progressive faction supported peace talks with the government, while NDFB(R) opposed surrender. In 2012, NDFB(R) split further, leading to the formation of NDFB(S), which is led by a non-Bodo I K Songbijit. The NDFB(S) faction continues to indulge in militancy, and has been blamed by the government for May and December 2014 attacks.