New Delhi, July 8 -- Amid the Marathi language row in Maharashtra, Congress state chief Harshvardhan Sapkal on Tuesday criticised Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that they have an "issue with the diversity" of India.

Speaking with ANI, Harshvardhan Sapkal said, "All languages should be in harmony. But the BJP has a diversity issue. There is no reason to oppose Hindi, but the BJP has a plan to end this diversity. BJP has an agenda of raising Hindu-Muslim and India-Pakistan issues in everything," Harshvardhan Sapkal.

Sapkal further said that some people want to "polarise", and that is why the row over Hindi and Marathi has gone so far.

"Some powers want to polarise, and this is the reason this issue has gone far... Why do they then vouch ...