Lucknow, Aug. 25 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday slammed the BJP over the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill and said that the governments across the world which brought such laws did not survive.

Replying to Union Minister Amit Shah's remarks on the Bill that proposes to remove the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and Ministers from office if jailed for more than 30 days for a serious offence, Akhilesh Yadav said, "World over, historically, there have been dictatorial governments which brought such laws so that they do not go out of the power. Italy, Germany and Russia also witnessed it. However, those governments did not survive."

He questioned the BJP, alleging that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had withdrawn the c...