Jaipur: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) will officially launch ‘Adivasi School Thik Karo’ campaign Friday, aimed at addressing the challenges faced by schools in tribal regions. With Rajasthan’s tribal population at around 14%, the campaign will include a comprehensive inspection of tribal schools to identify and rectify educational deficiencies.
Cockroach Janta Party Ashutosh Ranka addresses media on School Thik Karo Campaign at Tonk Road in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 17 September 2026
Addressing the media, CJP national co-convener Ashutosh Ranka said that as a part of the School Thik Karo campaign started on Aug 15, over 15,000 schools were inspected, of which over 500 were in Rajasthan.“Now we are launching the ‘Adivasi School Thik Karo’ campaign in Rajasthan that will focus on tribal areas. These communities face significant gaps in public services and infrastructure. We will document these deficiencies and follow up with the concerned authorities,” said Ranka.As part of the campaign, the CJP team will visit schools across Udaipur, Dungarpur, Jhalawar, Banswara, Sirohi, Baran-Anta and all other tribal regions of Rajasthan. “We will document ground realities, identify shortcomings, and follow up with the concerned authorities. Tribal communities have the first right on the services of the land, but tribal children kept falling prey to state negligence, and no one bothered to care. But we will not let that happen anymore,” said Ranka.CJP also announced that the team will light an ‘Ashirwad ka Diya’ outside every school or college that they inspect as part of the campaign to attract govt’s attention towards ‘poor infrastructure of these institutes’.“On Prime Minister’s birthday, the state govt has announced to light ‘Ashirwad ka Diya’ in educational institutes across the state for the next month. Heeding the govt’s call, we too will light this ‘Aashirwad ka Diya’ in all tribal schools, in the hope that the state govt will take note of the condition of these schools,” he added.CJP said this campaign will cover other states like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, and the Northeast.Meanwhile, the college education department Thursday said that officials have been instructed to encourage beneficiaries of govt schemes to light ‘Ashirwad ka Diya’ at their homes, and not educational institutes.Commissioner for college education Nathmal Didel, said, “The instructions are clear that only beneficiaries of govt schemes, like scooty distribution schemes or some scholarships, are to be encouraged to light a lamp, but it is voluntary.”
