A workforce of Cockroach Janta Occasion (CJP) leaders was attacked and chased out of a village in Jaipur after they went for a faculty inspection.
The CJP leaders, led by social gathering co-founder Ashutosh Ranka, got here beneath assault after they had been on their option to go to a authorities major faculty in Jaipur’s Bagru Meeting constituency on Friday.
Dramatic movies from Rampura Kanwarpura village in Jaipur confirmed a crowd confronting, abusing and attacking the CJP workforce as they made their method into the village. The gang shouted slogans in opposition to the CJP, referred to as them “city naxals”, “anti-nationals” and “Pakistanis”.
#BREAKING | CJP members attacked throughout Jaipur faculty go to
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The volunteers had been attacked and chased by the offended crowd. Some males had been seen beating the CJP activists, who needed to go away the village with out visiting the college.
The CJP has blamed the BJP for the assault. Ranka claimed that they had been invited by the villagers to examine the college that allegedly runs from a cowshed.
CJP volunteers had been chased and crushed by a crowd
“For a few years the college has been operating from a cowshed. We visited the identical faculty final yr too. We had knowledgeable the police about immediately’s go to. However the BJP goons had been already there. Our volunteers had been assaulted. Our vehicles had been smashed, telephones had been damaged, a girl was assaulted, my shirt was torn, and considered one of our workforce members suffered a fractured hand,” Ranka instructed mediapersons after the assault.
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He additional requested mediapersons to not blame the villagers, claiming {that a} native BJP chief referred to as goons from outdoors to assault the CJP workforce.
“Requesting media to not blame the villagers for immediately’s incident. Individuals had been despatched from outdoors to incite violence. It was the villagers who had requested us to return and examine the college. I’ve been instructed that the native BJP councillor was seen distributing cash to some goons,” Ranka posted on X.
Requesting media to not blame the villagers for immediately’s incident. Individuals had been despatched from outdoors to incite violence. It was the villagers who had requested us to return and examine the college.
I’ve been instructed that the native BJP counsellor was seen distributing cash to some goons.
— Ashutosh Ranka (@AshutoshRanka) August 21, 2026
Jaipur MLA Swami Balmukundacharya, who’s from the BJP, mentioned that the locals do not agree with the CJP’s views. “I’ve been knowledgeable that the villagers objected to the go to and didn’t enable the CJP to enter. This exhibits that the villagers don’t want the type of ambiance that the Cockroach Occasion is making an attempt to create, the place they wish to disrupt the youngsters’s schooling.”
CJP’s Shivangi Sharma, who was a part of the workforce, alleged that ladies had been additionally crushed and abused by the group. “I’m from this space, born and introduced up right here. I used to be referred to as Pakistani, Naxal and outsider. How can they name us outsiders inside our personal nation? I’m very unhappy with what occurred immediately,” Sharma instructed PTI.
Ashu has been attacked by BJP goons in Rajasthan.
Ashu and different volunteers of CJP had been crushed up and have been injured.@PoliceRajasthan has allowed this to occur. pic.twitter.com/pc7c3GCAfV
— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) August 21, 2026
Some protesters who claimed to be villagers requested why the CJP didn’t go to Jharkhand if they’re working for schooling. “They’re anti-nationals. Why did they not go to Jharkhand? We do not need them in our village,” one villager instructed NDTV.
One other villager mentioned, “This space has not seen any growth. There aren’t any roads, faculties, nothing in our space. We would like amenities.”
The assault on the CJP workforce additionally led to an uproar within the Rajasthan Meeting, with the BJP and Congress crossing swords. Whereas Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasara blamed the BJP for the assault, Rajasthan Dwelling Minister Jawahar Singh Bedam claimed it was the Congress that was creating hassle within the garb of the CJP.
