Srinagar/ Jammu:, Aug. 12 -- Political parties in J&K have strongly reacted to the Ministry of Home Affairs written response in the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh saying the powers to nominate five members to the legislative assembly rest with the lieutenant governor.

Last month the MHA while replying to the HC had mentioned that the nomination of five legislators rests with J&K LG Manoj Sinha.

However, leaders of various political parties have strongly reacted to MHA's response with former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti terming it as "blatant subversion of democratic principles" and urged the Omar Abdullah government to challenge this "undemocratic precedent" because "silence now would be complicity later".

The MHA, in an a...