AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has alleged that the Modigovernment is trying to change the demography of Kashmir through delimitationof Assembly constituencies in Jammu to install a BJP leader as the ChiefMinister.He said by scrapping special status to Jammu and Kashmir with itssheer majority in Parliament, the government threw the Constitution of India towind.Alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi lacked political wisdom ofJawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel, he said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)government was trying to implement the agenda of Jan Sangh.The Hyderabad MP wasaddressing Eid get-together organized at All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen(AIMIM) headquarters here on Tuesday night.

Stating that the Modi government violated the Constitutionby scrapping Article 370 and 35A and by bifurcating Jammu and Kashmir into twounion territories, Owaisi said with this reckless move the government had putpro-India Kashmiris into the lap of separatists.Owaisi termed scrapping ofspecial status as third historic blunder. "The first blunder was thearrest of Sheikh Abdullah in 1953 and the second was the rigging in 1987elections."The MP said he knew Kashmiris who are intelligent and don'treact immediately. He pointed out that they vent their anger two years afterthe riggings in 1987 polls. He said for six-eight months those in power willcontinue to beat the drums and make tall claims. He, however, said he prayedfor peace in the entire country.Recalling his interaction with Kashmiris, theHyderabad MP said all they want is empowerment and they have been fighting forthis since 1930s.

Owaisi alleged that the Centre has turned part of Jammu andKashmir into a jail, he said people were not being allowed to come out of theirhouses while phone and Internet services have been suspended.