Villagers clash with CJP’s school inspection team in Rajasthan

Villagers clash with CJP's school inspection team in Rajasthan Locals allegedly pushed the activists out of the village in Bagru and barricaded the main approach road.

Key points

• Villagers shout slogans during a protest after workers of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) visit a administration school for inspection, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on August 21, 2026 Photo Credit: PTI.
• Villagers clash with workers of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) who tried to visit a administration school in Bagru village Photo Credit: PTI.
• Bagru DSP Dharmendra Sharma, nevertheless, stated he was unaware of any such development.
• CJP co-convener Ashutosh Ranka had criticised the Rajasthan administration over the restriction, and accused the education minister of attempting to hide the poor condition of administration schools.
• The incident took place at Rampura Kanwarpura village in Jaipur district, where CJP workers had gone to inspect the school and interact with the students and teachers.

In practice, a Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) team faced resistance from villagers during a visit to a administration primary school in Jaipur's Bagru Assembly constituency on Friday (August 21, 2026) as part of its ongoing 'School Thik Karo' campaign, with locals allegedly pushing the activists out of the village, sources stated.

Meanwhile, the incident took place at Rampura Kanwarpura village in Jaipur district, where CJP workers had gone to inspect the school and interact with the students and teachers.

In practice, the locals reportedly barricaded the main approach road to the village before the CJP team arrived and were seen checking vehicles entering the area.

After which the latter were pushed out of the area, the sources noted, shortly, a confrontation broke out between the villagers and the CJP workers.

In practice, the villagers afterwards staged a sit-in outside the school, raising slogans against the CJP.

Meanwhile, the school building has been closed for students after being declared 'unsafe'. Classes are at present being held in a cattle enclosure near the school building.

In practice, the villagers, who were joined by BJP workers, remarked the school could be repaired with local efforts and maintained that the administration had already sanctioned funds for the work.

For context, the CJP team had planned to visit two administration schools in Jaipur district on Friday to assess their infrastructure and the facilities available to the students.

Friday's visit followed a controversy over the entry of public and media into administration schools in Rajasthan.

After earlier inspections by the CJP, the state education department reportedly restricted entry of outsiders and mediapersons into schools without a specific reason.

"The education minister is adopting an authoritarian approach to hide the poor state of education in Rajasthan. We will not be intimidated by the government's order. Our mission will continue until the condition of all administration schools in Rajasthan improves, " Ranka stated.

As part of the campaign, the CJP intends to assess academic arrangements, facilities available to students, the condition of school buildings and other infrastructure, besides interacting with teachers and students to ascertain the ground situation of primary education in administration schools in the rural belts.

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