New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) Hitting out at the Congress leadership over an incident of gang-rape and murder in Rajasthan, Union minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday wondered whether Congress president 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,” Thakur told reporters when asked about the incident of gang-rape and murder in Dausa in Rajasthan.

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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 the Bassi police station area of Jaipur district on Monday, police said.

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“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,” 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.

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