‘Goons summoned by BJP’: CJP as villagers block school visit in Jaipur | India News

All levels of disgust have been crossed today.

रामपुरा, कंवरपुरा में पिछले काफ़ी सालों से स्कूल भैंसों के तबेले में चल रहा है। लेकिन जब हम वहाँ निरीक्षण करने पहुंचे तो सरेआम मारपीट, पत्थरबाजी की गई। कारों के शीशे फोड़े गए, टीम पर पत्थर बरसाये गए। कपड़े फाड़े गए। ट्यूब में पत्थर… pic.twitter.com/H15osb1ODA

— Ashutosh Ranka (@AshutoshRanka) August 21, 2026

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.

“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 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.

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.

CJP’s team was attacked and beaten up for asking better schools!

Why is @PoliceRajasthan allowing this hooliganism?

BJP goons were making threats in open, Rajasthan Police ignored them and this is the result.

Is there no Law and Order in Rajasthan?

— Cockroach Janta Party – CJP (@Cockroachisback) August 21, 2026

On the incident, Inspector Dharam Singh of Shivdaspura police station, said that no one was beaten up but there was a tassel 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.

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.