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CJP founder Dipke berates teachers over students sweeping classroom

CJP founder Dipke berates teachers over students sweeping classroom
CJP leader Dipke visits schools, berates teachers for ‘making children sweep classroom’ · theprint.in

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.

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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