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Abhijeet Dipke inspected a government school in his Maharashtra village, flagged poor facilities and launched the ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign for better infrastructure.
After visiting a school in his own village in Maharashtra, Abhijeet Dipke has launched ‘School Thik Karo’ Campaign. (Image source: X/ @abhijeet_dipke)
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convenor Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday launched the ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign after inspecting a Zilla Parishad school in his native village of Santuk Pimpri in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district and flagging what he described as poor basic facilities.
Dipke visited the school after attending an Independence Day flag-hoisting ceremony in his village. During the inspection, he alleged that the toilets did not have a water supply, windows were broken and there were not enough benches for the students.
“If basic things like water are missing from government-run schools even 80 years after India became independent, how is the country going to develop?” Dipke told reporters, as per a report by the Press Trust of India (PTI).
Even after 80 years of Independence, our govt schools still lack basic amenities.I spoke to the Sarpanch of my village, who has assured that the Panchayat will resolve all these issues within a week.
Change is possible when we come together and act.#SchoolThikKaro pic.twitter.com/HB4cWKj4D8
— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) August 15, 2026
He claimed the school had only four benches despite having more students and alleged that some broken windows were covered with banners carrying the name of Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Dipke also claimed the washroom appeared to have been cleaned shortly before his arrival.
He shared visuals of a lavatory in the school, on X, and said, “How is any kid supposed to use this toilet?”
Dipke To Inspect Schools Across Maharashtra
As part of the campaign, Dipke said the CJP would collect information about basic facilities in government schools across Maharashtra and other parts of the country.
“We have a form comprising a checklist where it can be mentioned whether there are basic amenities available in the school or not. We will gather the data from schools located in Maharashtra and nationwide. Then we will compile the data,” he said.
He said he would visit government schools in other talukas of Maharashtra in the next phase of the campaign and urged parents to conduct social audits of facilities available at schools.
Dipke alleged that government schools were being neglected while private schools were benefiting from the situation. He claimed more than 94,000 state-run schools had been shut across India over the past decade and questioned how the country could strengthen its education system by closing schools.
“The budget of the Central government has been curtailed for education,” he alleged.
Dipke also claimed that students in rural areas often struggle to reach schools because of poor roads and lack basic facilities such as drinking water and toilets. He said equal access to education was essential for the country’s development.
“There should be freedom of equal opportunities. Until equal opportunity is available, we cannot say that our country is developing,” he said.
CJP Plans Similar Campaign For Public Hospitals
Dipke said the CJP would also launch a similar campaign to highlight problems in government hospitals.
“We are going to raise health-related issues. When we visit public hospitals, we see people (patients) sleeping on the floor. People have to wait for surgeries. For a CT scan, the wait extends to one week,” he alleged.
He also demanded that the government regulate fees charged by private schools, claiming some families pay between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 1.5 lakh for education.
“People are paying Rs 1-1.5 lakh in fees. How will poor children get education? Therefore, fees of private schools should be capped,” Dipke said.
Earlier, Dipke had criticised successive governments for failing to improve government school infrastructure and called on people to raise questions about the use of public funds.
“We have made a new Parliament, a new PM house. Why have we not been able to build new schools in our villages? Do we not consider the children of farmers and labourers the future of our country?” he had asked.
He said the CJP’s campaign would seek to bring more young people from rural areas into public and political discussions on education and other basic services.
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Ask News18The ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign is planned to expand nationwide, with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) collecting information on basic facilities in government schools across Maharashtra and other parts of the country.
Ask News18August 15, 2026, 17:06 IST
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