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CJP founder Dipke berates teachers over students sweeping classroom
A person named Abhijeet Dipke leads a small political party called the Cockroach Janta Party.
He visited government schools in a place called Hingoli in India.
At one school, he saw children cleaning their classroom.
He thought the teachers were making the students sweep, and he was not happy about it.
The teachers said they did not ask the children to clean.
The students asked for notebooks, pens and shoes, and he promised to get those for them.
At another school, he found that the children were drinking dirty water.
He also said the roof leaks when it rains.
He told people that villagers had spent their own money to build part of the school.
He wondered why people need a government if villagers can manage on their own.
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke visited government schools in Hingoli district as part of the party's 'School Thik Karo' campaign.
Dipke berated teachers at a Dhegaj village school over students allegedly sweeping their classroom, though teachers denied asking children to do it.
Students demanded notebooks, pens and shoes, which Dipke promised to provide along with a tubelight and a new blackboard.
At a Siddheshwar village school, Dipke claimed students drink filthy water and that a water filter has gone unused for three years.
Dipke said the school's tin shed leaks during rain and questioned why a government is needed when villagers spent Rs 10-12 lakh on school facilities.
- Who
- Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
- What
- Visited government schools, berated teachers over students sweeping classrooms, and highlighted problems including dirty drinking water and a leaking roof
- Where
- Government schools in Dhegaj and Siddheshwar villages, Hingoli district, Maharashtra
- When
- Tuesday, August 18
- Why
- As part of his party's 'School Thik Karo' campaign to improve government schools
Dipke's view
Teachers' view
Students sweeping classrooms
Dipke's view
Dipke argued students would not sweep a classroom on their own, so teachers must have asked them to do it.
Teachers' view
The teachers claimed they did not ask the children to sweep the classroom.
Key facts
- Party
- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
- Campaign
- School Thik Karo, launched last week
- Location
- Hingoli district, Maharashtra
- Schools visited
- Government schools in Dhegaj and Siddheshwar villages
- Student demands
- Notebooks, pens and shoes
- Promised improvements
- Tubelight and new blackboard
- Water filter status
- Unused for three years at Siddheshwar school
- Villager spending
- Rs 10-12 lakh on school compound and facilities
Quotes
Abhijeet Dipke
Founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, visiting local schools
“"This is completely wrong….When there is cleaning staff, why are the kids sweeping classrooms?"”
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