Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal, who returned her Sahitya Akademi award to protest "growing intolerance", a move which prompted many other personalities to follow suit, said that the Modi government may amend the Constitution once it gets a majority in Rajya Sabha.

"The violence is costing them (Government). It's putting them on the defensive now," said the niece of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.