Congress said that BJP should stand by its words on Mumbai issue and break off its alliance with the Shiv Sena. The party spokesman, Mr. Abhishek Singhvi told reporters in New Delhi that Shiv Sena and BJP have close relations for more than 15 years and if it continues its alliance with Shiv Sena, this will be an insult to the intelligence of the people of this country.<br/>Mr. Singhvi said, BJP had always recognised linguistic, regional and religious identities as a reality, but the "strength of India's unity in diversity is achieved when all these identities eventually converge into a larger national identity of Indianness.