Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convenor Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday (August 20, 2026) said Maharashtra School Education Minister Dada Bhuse should resign, claiming government schools are in a pitiable condition and that even “ministers’ dogs get better facilities” than students.
Dipke, whose group launched the ‘School Thik Karo’ (improve government schools) campaign last week, visited a Zilla Parishad school at Ujani village in Latur’s Ausa tehsil. Mr. If the government wants to understand the urgency of improving government schools, ministers and elected representatives should send their own children to study in these schools. Despite being in power for several years, the ruling dispensation had failed to bring about substantial changes in government schools, Mr. Dipke charged. “Students are still studying in schools with leaking tin roofs and without adequate benches. To a query, Mr.
If these basic problems could not be resolved in 10 years, the government must explain what it has achieved,” he said.
Dipke said ministers and MLAs should send their own children to government schools to understand the problems faced by students there, he said. Asked whether Dada Bhuse should continue as school education minister, he said, “The condition of schools makes me feel that the education minister should not continue in the post. The CJP and residents would collectively raise their voices over problems affecting schools and press the government to provide safe transport facilities for students who have to walk several kilometres to school, he said. The government must also work for the younger generation currently studying in schools, he said, warning that young voters would hold governments accountable if their concerns were ignored. Dipke said widespread protests could emerge across villages if the government failed to improve the condition of public schools.
