The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has claimed victory after the Rajasthan government approved ₹18 lakh for a new building at the school that it visited earlier this week.

CJP leader Ashutosh Ranka had claimed the school, at the centre of a row, had been running for the last few years from a buffalo shed. The delegation led by Ranka was attacked on Friday during the visit to this government school in Rajasthan’s Kanwarpura, Rampura on the outskirts of the state capital Jaipur.

In a statement dated 22 August, a day after Ranka's visit, the Rajasthan government said financial approval of ₹12 lakh was issued from the District Mineral Foundation Trust (DMFT) fund on August 13, 2026. Additionally, ₹6 lakh has been approved from the MLA fund.

The construction of the new building is set to begin on September 1, as per Rajatshan government.

Rajasthan government officials said that based on a survey, the building of the government primary school Rampura (Kanwarpura), located in Jaipur’s Sanganer block, was declared dilapidated in September 2025. The school has 18 students and two teachers.

Ranka termed the government order a ‘major victory’ for the CJP which posted the news on its social media handle claiming ‘massive’ victory.

“The school in Rampura, running in a buffalo shed, will be rebuilt,” he said.

The CJP team was allegedly chased away by locals as they visited the the school on Friday, August 21. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke alleged that Ranka, was "attacked by BJP goons" in Rajasthan.

The incident took place when Ranka, accompanied by a CJP team, visited the school as part of CJP's “School Thik Karo” campaign that began on August 15.

A confrontation broke out between the villagers and the CJP workers, including Ranka, following which the latter were pushed out of the area, according to news agency .

Congratulating CJP’s Rajasthan team, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said: “After the brutal attack on our volunteers, the Rajasthan government has finally agreed to renovate the buffalo shedschool, as we demanded! A big victory for everyone who stood up for better schools”.

While children will get a safe building, we have one more demand - police action against goons who attacked us, the CJP said in a social media post.

Earlier Dipke had said that he would visit the school if the school repair work didn't begin and the "BJP goons are not arrested within the next 48 hours.”

The school was established in 1985 as a primary school, and the school building originally housed two classrooms, a veranda and a toilet, the government said. “Over time, the building grew old and fragile, and a technical survey was conducted to ensure student safety. Based on the survey report, the building was declared dilapidated and removed from student use,” it said in the statement.

The government also said that after the building was declared dilapidated, it was proposed to shift the students to the nearby government higher secondary school, Bilwa, for their safety.

“However, the villagers objected to sending the students out of the village, considering the young age of the children and the inconvenience of commuting from one village to another. Prioritising the sentiments of the local people and the convenience of the children, immediate alternative arrangements were made in the village with the cooperation of the villagers,” the government statement claimed.

Gulam Jeelani is Political Desk Editor at LiveMint with over 16 years of experience covering national and international politics. Based in New Delhi, Jeelani delivers impactful political narratives through breaking stories, in-depth interviews, and analytical pieces at LiveMint since February 2024. The expertise in video production fuels his current responsibilities, which include curating content and conducting video interviews for an expanding digital audience.

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