Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) will launch its 'School Thik Karo' campaign, aimed at improving infrastructure and accountability in rural government schools, from its founder Abhijeet Dipke's village in Hingoli district of Maharashtra on the Independence Day.
The campaign will be launched from Santuk Pimpri village at 7.30 am, an official release said on Friday.
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Talking to reporters here after returning from Delhi, Dipke said, "I will commence the 'School Thik Karo' campaign in my village and request the sarpanch there to repair the local government school and make sure that the school has the basic amenities like benches and drinking water.'' ''We have formed teams who will visit villages and request people and sarpanchs to take steps to improve the condition of schools, because we want to get this done with everyone's participation," he added.
When asked about a Tiranga Yatra rally organised here in presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Dipke said, ''Such rallies should take place on the occasion of our Independence Day. But attention should also be given to education because we have been getting videos that show girls complaining that they have to walk seven kilometers to reach their schools and there is no road.''
While making an announcement about the campaign earlier, Dipke had appealed to the sarpanchs of the respective villages to take a lead and repair the government schools in their areas to ensure that these institutions have basic amenities for the students studying there.
He also urged people to visit the schools of their children and report to the CJP if they find anything lacking.
