The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has endorsed a ‘Gen Alpha’ protest in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur, where schoolchildren blocked the main gate of the district Collectorate on Tuesday to demand a proper road connecting their villages.
Key Statements
The protests forced the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as Union education minister. After the demonstrations ended on July 25, the CJP held a two-day strategy meeting in Maharashtra and announced that it would continue as a youth movement, with Wangchuk as its mentor.
CJP’s education push
This came a day after Dipke announced a campaign to improve government schools in villages. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke later also endorsed the protest. “How difficult it must be for small girls.
Dipke called on people to pledge to the cause on August 15, India’s 80th Independence Day. So, I feel that this August 15, if we should pay attention to anything, it should be to making a new start, and we must begin by correcting our government schools,” he said.
Sharing the video on his Instagram Stories, he said, “This Independence Day, let’s pledge to improve government schools in our villages. The 30-year-old, now leading a ‘ pressure group ’ against the government, asked sarpanches and parents to take up the “social and moral responsibility” of ensuring better basic facilities for children. He said he would begin the campaign from his own village, Hingoli, in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, by approaching the sarpanch and requesting improvements to the government schools there. In a video message posted on social media, Dipke said government schools in villages had been “neglected and ignored” over the past 80 years and questioned why children in rural areas continue to lack facilities that are available to students in bigger cities. Last week, Dipke also announced the nationwide “ Kya Bolti Public ” campaign to understand people’s concerns. He said education would be the first focus of the outreach initiative.
Responses
“Well done,” CJP spokesperson Saurav Das, reacting to the video, said.
