Latur School Faked Students Before Visit, Alleges Dipke

Dipke Accuses Latur School of Staging Visit With Outside Kids

Abhijeet Dipke, founding president of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has accused officials at a Zilla Parishad primary school in Maharashtra’s Latur district of stage-managing his site visit by bringing in children from elsewhere and presenting them as the school’s own students. The incident took place on Thursday, August 20, during Dipke’s tour of a school in Ausa taluka.

Fresh Utensils Raise Suspicion

Beyond the alleged substitution of pupils, Dipke pointed to another red flag: brand-new steel plates being handed out for the midday meal. According to him, staff admitted the plates had been procured specifically ahead of his arrival, suggesting the visit had been carefully choreographed rather than reflecting the school’s everyday reality.

Sharing a video of himself sitting among students on the classroom floor, Dipke questioned why authorities would go to such lengths instead of addressing the school’s actual shortcomings, asking why officials resort to cover-ups rather than genuine improvement.

Part of a Wider School Reform Push

The visit was part of CJP’s ongoing ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign, a nationwide effort launched on August 15 to spotlight poor infrastructure and facilities in government schools across India. The campaign followed protests in New Delhi that led to the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan amid controversy over paper leaks and exam irregularities.

Dipke’s latest allegations add to mounting scrutiny of how local administrations respond to snap inspections, with critics arguing that superficial fixes distract from the deeper, unresolved problems plaguing government schools in rural Maharashtra.