Taking to X, the Congress leader said, “The violence against two army soldiers and the rape of their female companion in Madhya Pradesh is enough to shame the entire society.”
“Law and order in BJP ruled states is almost non existent – and, the negative attitude of BJP Government towards the day by day increasing crimes against women is extremely worrying,” he added.
Rahul also said that the unsafe environment has led to restriction on the freedom and aspirations of the daughters of India.
“This audacity of the criminals is a result of the total failure of the administration and the unsafe environment prevailing in the country due to this is a restriction on the freedom and aspirations of the daughters of India,” he said.
“Both the society and the government should be ashamed and think seriously – how long will they turn a blind eye to the responsibility of protecting half the population of the country!” he added.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also targeted ruling party and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of failing to ensure safety for women across country.
The incidents of gang rape of a woman after holding army officers hostage in Madhya Pradesh and finding the naked body of a woman on the highway in Uttar Pradesh are heart-wrenching. Every day 86 women are becoming victims of rape and brutality in the country. From home to outside, from road to office, women are not safe anywhere. Half of the country’s population is not only unsafe, but due to such brutality, the morale of crores of women is broken every day,” Priyanka wrote on X.
“The Prime Minister talks big about women’s safety, but women across the country are still waiting for a serious effort for their safety. When will this wait end?” she added.
Opposition’s reaction comes a day after two Army officers and their female friends were attacked by a group of men who gang-raped one of the women at gunpoint in Indore.
Additional SP Rupesh Dwivedi said on Wednesday night that six suspects had been identified, two of whom have been detained from the jungles.
Both Army officers were injured in the mob attack, Both men undergoing the Young Officers course at Infantry School, Mhow, SP Rural Hitika Vasal said.