Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka gave his first reaction to the alleged assault on himself and some other members of the outfit in Rajasthan’s Jaipur on Friday.
Issuing a statement on the issue, Ranka urged people not to blame local villagers and alleged that people were sent from outside to “incite violence”.
A team of the CJP, which is spearheading a campaign aiming to bring reforms to schools, was near Rampura Kanwarpura village in Rajasthan this morning on their way to inspect a government school in Bagru Assembly constituency. He also blamed Rajasthan Education Minister Madan Dilawar for the condition of schools in the state. The chaos that unfolded in Jaipur was caught on camera. A viral video showed a CJP team heading from one side and another group heading from another.
Him and his team were assaulted by a group of people on their way, according to Ranka. “They attacked us and fractured the arm of one of our volunteers,” he said, as stated in an earlier HT report. The school the CJP team was headed to was operating under a buffalo shed, according to Ranka. The CJP team, Ranka among them, was chased away as they tried to visit Bagru village, according to news agency PTI. Earlier reporting noted: One of the volunteers suffered a fractured arm in the attack, Ranka said.
Earlier reporting noted: The incident occurred near Rampura Kanwarpura village, where Ranka and his team planned to visit a government school to assess its infrastructure and facilities. Earlier reporting noted: CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka allegedly assaulted during govt school visit in Jaipur Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) co-convener Ashutosh Ranka and party volunteers were allegedly assaulted by a group of people on Friday while they were on their way to inspect a dilapidated government school in Jaipur’s Bagru assembly constituency.
