New Delhi, Aug 11 (INB) Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has announced a nationwide campaign to improve government schools in villages, urging sarpanches to upgrade basic infrastructure and parents to conduct social audits of facilities. The campaign will be launched on August 15, with Dipke saying the initiative would begin from his village Hingoli in Maharashtra, where he plans to approach the village head and seek improvements in government schools. In a video message he shared on X on Monday, Dipke said, “The coming 15th August is our 80th Independence Day. But, if anything has been neglected or ignored the most in the last 80 years, it is the government schools in our villages.” He questioned the priority given to infrastructure in the country, asking, “We have made a new Parliament, a new PM house. Why have we not been able to build new schools in our villages?” He also asked whether the children of farmers and labourers were being considered the future of the country. Dipke highlighted the difficulties faced by children in rural areas, including long distances to schools and inadequate access to drinking water and functional toilets. He particularly flagged the challenges faced by girls due to a lack of basic sanitation facilities. As part of the campaign, the CJP has issued an appeal to sarpanches across the country to take responsibility for improving government schools in their villages. Dipke described the initiative as a “Sarpanch Challenge”, under which village heads who improve schools would be publicly recognised through before-and-after photographs shared on the organisation’s social media platforms. The CJP has also proposed a citizen-led social audit of government schools. Parents have been urged to check whether schools have electricity, clean drinking water, functional washrooms and mid-day meals. “You go to your children’s schools and see if basic facilities are available,” Dipke said, urging parents to record videos where facilities are lacking. The organisation said it would soon release a printable audit form for citizens to document available and missing facilities. Completed forms and supporting videos can be submitted to the CJP through its stated email address. Dipke said the campaign aims to ensure that children in rural schools receive facilities comparable to those available in urban areas. “Let us all make a promise to the children who live in villages that we will improve their schools. Together, we can do this,” he said, concluding with the message, “Real India lives in villages.” The CJP began as an online satirical platform before expanding its activities into public campaigns. Its 36-day agitation at Jantar Mantar against examination irregularities ended on July 25. The organisation has since said it would continue as a youth movement rather than enter electoral politics.
