'Humiliated': J&K's Newly Elected DDC Representatives Lock Horns with UT Admin DDC members staged protests and boycotted an official programme over their status and honorarium, which they said was lower than deserved. DDC members protest in Jammu. Photo: Twitter/@GAMIR_INC Rights10/Mar/2021 Srinagar: In a major embarrassment to the administration of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, the newly-elected members of district development councils (DDCs) in the Union Territory on Tuesday, March 9, staged protests against what they said was a “humiliating and insultingâ protocol announced for them. The representatives, elected from the grassroots, also boycotted en masse a government programme. This comes at a time when the administration is eager to showcase the representatives to the world as an example of democracy achieved by the Central government after reading down Article 370 and withdrawing the erstwhile J&K’s special status.