Night before DDC counting, several leaders detained in J&K A dozen people had been injured in clashes at different places in Mendhar during the eighth phase of DDC polls on Saturday. Updated: December 22, 2020 8:06:04 am The DDC polls are the first electoral process in J&K since the scrapping of its special status. (PTI) A day before the counting of votes for the District Development Council (DDC) elections, the PDP claimed detention of three of its senior leaders Monday. While the police were silent on the matter, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti called the action “out and out gunda raj”, and said it showed the BJP was trying to “manipulate” the results.