‘New Parliament, PM house, why not new govt schools in villages?’ CJP’s Dipke announces nationwide campaign

CJP
a ou ces
atio wide
campaig
to
imp ove
gove me t
schools
o
August
15.

NEW
DELHI:
Cock oach
Ja ta
Pa ty
(CJP)
fou de
Abhijeet
Dipke
has
a ou ced
a
atio wide
campaig
to
imp ove
gove me t
schools
i
villages,
seeki g
to
add ess
the
” eglect
of
u al
educatio al
i f ast uctu e”.The
campaig
will
be
lau ched
o
August
15,
with
the
CJP
calli g
o
citize s,
pa e ts
a d
village
leade s
to
wo k
togethe
to
imp ove
basic
facilities
i
gove me t
schools.Dipke
said
he
would
lau ch
the
i itiative
f om
his
village
i
Hi goli,
Maha asht a,
by
app oachi g
the
village
head
a d
equesti g
him
to
take
steps
to
imp ove
gove me t
schools
the e.“The
comi g
15th
August
is
ou
80th
I depe de ce
Day.
But,
if
a ythi g
has
bee
eglected
o
ig o ed
the
most
i
the
last
80
yea s,
it
is
the
gove me t
schools
i
ou
villages,”
Dipke
said
o
Mo day.“We
have
made
a
ew
Pa liame t,
a
ew
PM
house.
Why
have
we
ot
bee
able
to
build
ew
schools
i
ou
villages?
Do
we
ot
co side
the
child e
of
fa me s
a d
labou e s
the
futu e
of
ou
cou t y?”
he
asked.Dipke
said
child e
i
villages
co ti ue
to
face
difficulties
i
accessi g
schools
a d
basic
facilities
such
as
d i ki g
wate
a d
toilets.“Eve
today,
village
child e
have
to
walk
a
lo g
dista ce
to
go
to
school.
Afte
goi g
the e,
they
do ’t
fi d
wate
o
toilet
facilities,”
he
said,
highlighti g
the
difficulties
faced
by
gi ls
i
pa ticula .

“I
feel
that
o
this
15th
August,
if
we
should
pay
atte tio
to
a ythi g,
if
we
should
make
a
ew
sta t,
we
should
sta t
by
imp ovi g
ou
gove me t
schools,”
he
said.

The
‘Sa pa ch
Challe ge’As
pa t
of
the
campaig ,
the
CJP
has
appealed
to
sa pa ches
ac oss
the
cou t y
to
take
up
the
task
of
imp ovi g
gove me t
schools
i
thei
espective
villages.Dipke
said
he
would
pe so ally
app oach
the
village
head
i
Hi goli
a d
u ged
othe
sa pa ches
to
do
the
same
i
thei
villages.The
o ga isatio
has
te med
the
i itiative
the
“Sa pa ch
Challe ge”,
u de
which
it
pla s
to
publicly
ecog ise
village
heads
who
imp ove
thei
schools
by
sha i g
befo e-a d-afte
photog aphs
o
its
social
media
platfo ms
a d
givi g
c edit
to
the
sa pa ches
co ce ed.“We
will
give
you
c edit
so
that
afte
seei g
you,
afte
seei g
the
schools
that
you
have
imp oved,
ma y
othe
village
heads
also
sta t
imp ovi g
schools
i
thei
villages,”
Dipke
said.The
CJP
has
also
called
fo
a
citize -led
social
audit
of
gove me t
schools.Pa e ts
whose
child e
study
i
gove me t
schools
have
bee
asked
to
visit
the
i stitutio s
a d
check
basic
facilities,
i cludi g
elect icity,
clea
d i ki g
wate ,
fu ctio al
wash ooms
a d
mid-day
meals.“You
go
to
you
child e ‘s
schools
a d
see
if
basic
facilities
a e
available.
See
if
the e
is
elect icity,
wate …
Do
you
child e
get
wash oom
facilities?
Do
they
get
mid-day
meals?”
Dipke
said.He
u ged
pa e ts
to
eco d
videos
if
basic
facilities
we e
u available.
The
CJP
said
it
would
soo
issue
a
p i table
audit
fo m
th ough
which
citize s
could
eco d
the
facilities
available
at
thei
child e ‘s
schools
a d
those
that
we e
missi g.The
fo m
will
be
sha ed
th ough
li ks
o
campaig
videos
o
the
CJP’s
official
social
media
platfo ms
a d
completed
fo ms
a d
video
evide ce
ca
be
emailed
to
the
o ga isatio .The
campaig
aims
to
e su e
that
child e
of
fa me s
a d
wage
labou e s
studyi g
i
village
schools
have
access
to
facilities
compa able
to
those
available
to
child e
i
cities.“If
ot,
you
make
videos
of
it.
Because
you
child e ‘s
schooli g
should
be
good.
That
is
you
fu dame tal
ight,”
Dipke
said.“Let
us
all
make
a
p omise
to
the
child e
who
live
i
villages
that
we
will
imp ove
thei
schools.
Togethe ,
we
ca
do
this,”
he
said,
co cludi g
his
video
with
the
message,
“Real
I dia
lives
i
villages”.CJP
backs
Jha kha d
p otestsI
a
sepa ate
video,
Dipke
also
exte ded
his
suppo t
to
Jha kha d
stude t
leade
Deve d a
Nath
Mahto,
who
was
hospitalised
afte
his
health
dete io ated
du i g
a
hu ge
st ike
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s.Calli g
the
alleged
police
actio
agai st
p oteste s
“c uel
a d
i huma ”,
Dipke
d ew
a
pa allel
with
stude t
p otests
at
Delhi’s
Ja ta
Ma ta .
“Be
it
Ja ta
Ma ta
o
Jha kha d,
such
police
b utality
agai st
stude ts
is
c uel
a d
i huma ,”
he
said.“CJP
sta ds
fi mly
with
Deve d a
bhai
a d
his
st uggle.
He
is
a
t ue
he o.
We
salute
his
cou age
a d
st e gth!”
he
added.Mahto
has
bee
at
the
ce t e
of
the
o goi g
JPSC-JSSC
agitatio
i
Ra chi
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s.
He
had
bee
o
a
i defi ite
hu ge
st ike
a d
joi ed
the
stude ts’
Vidha
Sabha
ghe ao
ma ch
o
Mo day,
a ivi g
at
the
p otest
i
a
ambula ce
as
his
health
dete io ated.

The
CJP,
which
bega
as
a
o li e
sati ical
platfo m,
late
took
its
campaig
to
the
st eets.
Its
36-day
agitatio
at
Delhi’s
Ja ta
Ma ta
agai st
exami atio
i egula ities
was
called
off
o
July
25
followi g
the
esig atio
of
the
U io
educatio
mi iste
Dha me d a
P adha .

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