From Rajasthan To Maharashtra: CJP Faces Slew Of FIRs As School Outreach Campaign Triggers Controversies

The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), which has been carrying out its “School Thik Karo” campaign to highlight issues in government schools, is facing a series of FIRs in Rajasthan and Maharashtra following separate incidents.

In Rajasthan, police have registered separate FIRs against the CJP and villagers following a confrontation in Rampura Kanwarpura in Jaipur district, where a visiting CJP delegation was allegedly attacked.

Jaipur South DCP Rajarshi Raj Verma said cases had been registered based on complaints from both sides and that police were recording statements and investigating the matter. "FIRs have been lodged by both sides—by the CJP as well as the villagers. Two separate cases have been registered based on the information provided by both parties," Verma was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

The incident triggered allegations from the CJP of a planned attack on its delegation. CJP activist Ashutosh Ranka alleged that outsiders had been brought in and claimed that some of those involved had been seen with Bagru MLA Kailash Verma on the previous night.

Ranka alleged that the attack was coordinated and claimed that the nature of the violence and stones used indicated an intention to cause serious harm. The allegations, however, are part of the claims made by the CJP and police investigation into the incident is underway.

The FIR was registered at Ausa police station on a complaint filed by Sayyed Shamshadbano Khairatali, a teacher at a Zilla Parishad Urdu school in Jawali near Ausa.

According to the complaint, Dipke and his associates entered the school without permission, sat among students and questioned them. The complaint further alleged that the proceedings were filmed and subsequently shared on social media.

The CJP has been visiting government schools in Latur as part of its “School Thik Karo” campaign, through which the party has been seeking to highlight problems in government-run schools.

While the Rajasthan case involves a confrontation between the CJP delegation and villagers, the Maharashtra FIR stems from allegations over the manner in which the party entered and conducted activities inside a government school.

Police investigations in both matters are underway, with authorities in Rajasthan stating that further action will be based on the evidence and statements recorded during the probe.

A school inspection should not end in stones and sticks. Whatever the CJP's motives, government schools run on public money and cannot become private fiefs shielded from scrutiny. Villagers may object loudly—that's democracy. Violence isn't. Students are the ones failed when classrooms run from buffalo sheds and inspection invites assault. Test the claims, not with a stick.

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