CJP Team Attacked and Shoved By Locals: Ashutosh Ranka and Five Others Beaten Up During a Government School Visit in Jaipur

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ON AUGUST 21, 2026, THE COCKROACH JANATA PARTY'S (CJP) visit to a government school in Jaipur, Rajasthan turned violent as the local residents reportedly attacked and drove them off the area. A mob changed the course of their visit and started pelting at the team. The confrontation took place as the CJP delegation, along with party co-founder Ashutosh Ranka went to the Bagru Assembly constituency. The incident happened in Rampura Kanwarpura village, and it triggered the conflicting accounts.

CJP leaders pointed towards BJP’s involvement while a local BJP MLA cited resistance from the residents themselves. The videos of the attack have surfaced online, which has brought the noise of this political row around the state of Rajasthan’s government schools.

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Video Shows The CJP Team Being Confronted and Abused While They Enter The Village

The footage of the confrontation surfaced online and it shows how the CJP team were abused and attacked as they tried to enter the village. Slogans like “Anti-Nationals,” “Urban Naxals,” and “Pakistanis” were hurled at the CJP team. The activists were beaten up by several men, forcing them to retreat without entering the school that they had come to inspect.

The details were revealed by Ranka and he narrated the incident on social media platforms. Ranka said that the team was openly assaulted and pelted with stones the moment they arrived, followed by  smashing car windows and tearing up of clothes. A female member was assaulted and another volunteer broke his hand. They further claimed that the people were affiliated with the BJP who began the violence. a CJP volunteer named Sanju told news agency ANI that the team visited the same school a year ago and found it operating out of a buffalo shed, and that on this visit the “goons” of BJP allegedly hit them with sticks, pushed them and pelted stones, that led to his broken hand.

CJP Founder, Abhijeet Dipke, took this issue to social media and criticized the police response. He accused the Rajasthan Police of standing still while the violence unfolded. He also questioned the authorities on why they seemed to be untroubled by schools functioning out of animal shelters while objecting to CJP’s presence. The school’s main building looked unsafe and the classes commenced in a cattle shelter nearby. Ranka alleged that a local BJP councillor was seen disturbing cash to those involved in the fight, though these claims remain unverified.

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Funds Already Sanctioned Claimed By The Locals, Ranka Demands Arrest

BJP denies their involvement in orchestrating the attack. Local BJP MLA Swami Balmukundacharya informed that residents themselves opposed the CJP team’s visit. The members of CJP were unable to enter the village. Balmukundacharya argued that the villagers did not want any disruptions from outside the village that could break the flow in children’s education. According to the locals, funds were already sanctioned for repairing the school building and that the matter could be resolved without any outside intervention. CJP was accused of trying to gain a political image from the issue. 

The incident created a broader controversy over recent directives issued by Rajasthan’s Education Minister, Madan Dilawar. It concerned state government schools, and also the demand of the arrests by Ranka within 48 hours along with the withdrawal of the ministry’s order. Despite the violence, Ranka insisted the party not be intimidated and gave assurance to fix the school’s condition.

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