5 min readJaipurUpdated: Aug 22, 2026 05:47 AM IST
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday warned that he will lead a sit-in protest in Rajasthan after CJP leaders were allegedly attacked during an inspection of a government school near Jaipur.
Dipke, in a video message posted on social media, said that CJP leaders were assaulted and barred from entering the school, demanding action against those involved over the next 48 hours.
Earlier, CJP co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka alleged that the team was stopped from entering the village by people who claimed to be residents but were actually ‘goons summoned by the Bharatiya Janata Party’.
“Their leader, Kamal Pradhan, engages in the work of encroaching on the land of poor people there. Children are being taught in a cowshed among buffaloes, and when attempts are made to stop this, the BJP is sending its goons. What a shameful situation,” he said in a post on X.
The CJP team was trying to inspect a school in Rampura Kanwarpura village of Jaipur’s Bagru Assembly constituency Friday morning as residents opposed a visit by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) team to the local government primary school.
On Monday the Rajasthan government imposed restrictions on outsiders entering government schools and on taking photos and videos, citing students’ privacy.
Residents stopped CJP activists from entering the village and allegedly clashed with them, chanting slogans against the party. Roadblocks met the CJP activists even before they entered the village.
When Ashutosh Ranka visited a school in Bagru that was reportedly functioning out of a cattle shed for the last three years, he was allegedly beaten up some people at the spot.
Videos purportedly showed him being whisked away by his team as some people tried to hit him. Around 40 people from the Cockroach Janta Party visited the school along with Ranka. The injured have been taken to SMS Hospital in Jaipur. Manna Lal, owner of the cowshed, said, “We have written to the state government to highlight the condition of the school. The school had operated out of a dilapidated cowshed.”
The incident comes at a time when education protests that have swept parts of India in recent weeks are moving beyond exam papers and recruitment to the more basic question of the conditions in which students study. The CJP, which spearheaded the NEET protest in Delhi, has turned its campaign towards basic infrastructure and accountability. In Rajasthan, schoolchildren and parents have protested shortages of classrooms, toilets, drinking water and other basic facilities.
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Villagers speaking to the media said they would take responsibility for repairing the local school themselves, claiming that the government had already sanctioned Rs 12.5 lakh for the work. They said they would not allow “outsiders” to enter the village.
Ranka told The Indian Express that the government was trying to prevent the party from highlighting shortcomings in government schools.
“The Education Minister is using dictatorship to hide the poor condition of schools in Rajasthan,” he said. “They were not normal villagers but politically affiliated people who were trying to create problems for us. I am on my way to Bagru.”
The CJP team had planned to visit two government schools in Jaipur on Friday to assess the education system, infrastructure and facilities available to students. The team also intended to interact with teachers and students and understand the situation on the ground.
On the incident, Inspector Dharam Singh of Shivdaspura police station, said that no one was beaten up but there was a tussle between the villagers and the CJP workers. “Our civil defence people is already in the area to control the situation. We have not yet received any complaints regarding anyone. We are keeping an eye on the situation of the village,” he said.
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The visit has also become part of a wider political dispute following a recent inspection by the CJP, after which the Education Department issued directions restricting the entry of the public and media into government schools without permission. The order has drawn criticism from the CJP.
The CJP team is scheduled to visit Bhatta Wala Government School on Vatika Road around 11.30 am. The team plans to examine the school’s academic functioning, student facilities, infrastructure and other arrangements and speak to teachers and students.
