LUCKNOW, April 13 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday called for protection of the Constitution. "Till now, it is the Constitution which had saved the PDA and now it is the responsibility of the PDA to save the Constitution," he said.

The PDA coined by Yadav refers to a combination of 'Pichhde' (backward classes), Dalit and 'Alpasankhyak' (minorities). The SP chief was addressing a gathering after unveiling a statue of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar in Mahewa block of Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district, two days ahead of Dr Ambedkar's birth anniversary.

"Today, we the PDA family take a pledge that no matter how powerful someone becomes, we will not let Babasaheb's Constitution change. We will stand in unity for the Constitution...