DDC: BJP to rule Jammu, Kathua

Four BJP leaders were elected District Development Council (DDC) chairmen and vice chairmen in Jammu and Kathua districts respectively. The maiden DDC elections to 280 seats – 14 each in 20 districts of the UT – were held in Nov-Dec last year with PAGD sweeping the polls by winning 110 seats out of the 278 declared results. Candidates of Altaf Bukhari-led Apni Party won the elections of chairpersons and vice-chairpersons in DDCs of Srinagar and Shopian.