Hitting out at the Congress leadership over a gang-rape and murder in Rajasthan, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday asked whether Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have gone on a long holiday.
"Atrocities on children, women are on the rise in Rajasthan and questions are raised about governance in the state. I wonder whether Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are in the country," Mr Thakur told reporters when asked about the gang-rape and murder in Dausa in Rajasthan.
According to Rajasthan Police, a 35-year-old married woman was allegedly gang-raped and killed by two men at a village in Dausa district on Sunday.
The woman's body was found in a well under Bassi police station of Jaipur district on Monday, police said.
"There are incidents of rape and atrocities against women, there are murders, women are thrown into well. Have Sonia ji and Priyanka ji, too, gone on a long holiday as Rahul ji? Can't they see the breakdown of law and order in Rajasthan," Mr Thakur said.
"Why has the Congress party and Rajasthan government remained a mute spectator? I hope they will take these things seriously and the Rajasthan government, which is fast asleep, will wake up," the BJP leader said.
