Last Updated on August 21, 2026 4:58 pm by INDIAN AWAAZ
By Our Correspondent
A team of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders and volunteers was allegedly attacked and forced to leave a village in Jaipur district on Friday while attempting to inspect a government primary school.
The incident took place in Rampura Kanwarpura village, located in Jaipur’s Bagru Assembly constituency, when the team, led by CJP co-founder Ashutosh Ranka, arrived to visit the school. Videos circulating from the spot showed a crowd confronting the CJP members, shouting slogans and preventing them from entering the village.
According to the videos, some members of the crowd abused and physically confronted the CJP activists, who eventually left the area without carrying out the proposed school inspection. The crowd was also heard calling the CJP members “urban naxals”, “anti-nationals” and “Pakistanis”.
The CJP has alleged that the attack was politically motivated and blamed local BJP supporters for the incident. However, BJP leaders have rejected the allegation and claimed that local residents themselves opposed the team’s visit.
Ranka told mediapersons after the incident that the team had been invited by villagers to inspect the government school, which he alleged had been operating from a cowshed for several years.
“We had visited the same school last year and had informed the police about Friday’s visit,” Ranka said, alleging that people associated with the BJP had gathered at the location before the CJP team arrived.
He claimed that CJP volunteers were assaulted and that vehicles and mobile phones were damaged during the confrontation. Ranka also alleged that a woman accompanying the team was assaulted, his shirt was torn and one team member suffered a fractured hand.
Ranka subsequently appealed to the media not to hold the villagers responsible for the violence. In a post on X, he alleged that people from outside the village had been brought in to create trouble and claimed that a local BJP councillor was seen distributing money to some people involved in the confrontation. These allegations could not be independently verified.
BJP leaders, meanwhile, gave a different account of the incident.
Jaipur MLA Swami Balmukundacharya said he had been informed that local residents objected to the CJP team’s visit and did not allow its members to enter the village. He said the incident reflected opposition among villagers to what he described as the CJP’s attempts to disrupt the atmosphere around children’s education.
The incident also triggered a political confrontation inside the Rajasthan Assembly. Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasara accused the BJP of being responsible for the attack, while Rajasthan Home Minister Jawahar Singh Bedam alleged that the Congress was attempting to create unrest while using the CJP as a cover.
The competing claims have turned the incident into a fresh political flashpoint in Rajasthan, with allegations of assault and political intimidation being traded by the rival parties.
At the centre of the controversy is the proposed inspection of the government school. While the CJP maintains that the team was responding to an invitation from villagers and wanted to highlight alleged deficiencies in school infrastructure, BJP leaders contend that local residents did not want the group to enter the village.
The allegations made by both sides remain contested, and an independent investigation or official police findings would be required to establish the sequence of events and responsibility for any alleged assault or property damage.