A team of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders, led by co‑founder Ashutosh Ranka, was attacked and driven out of Rampura Kanwarpura village in Jaipur’s Bagru assembly area on Friday, August 21, 2026, while attempting to inspect a government primary school, party sources said. Dramatic video from the village showed a crowd confronting, abusing and physically assaulting the CJP team as they tried to enter the settlement.
Ranka told reporters the volunteers had been invited by villagers to inspect a school that, he said, has been operating for years from a cowshed or buffalo shed. He said the group had informed the police of the visit but were met by what he described as BJP “goons” already present in the village. “Our volunteers were assaulted. Our cars were smashed, phones were broken, a woman was assaulted, my shirt was torn, and one of our team members suffered a fractured hand,” Ranka said.
CJP co‑worker Shivangi Sharma, who was part of the inspection team, alleged that women were beaten and that members were called “Pakistani”, “Naxal” and “outsiders.” “I am from this area, born and brought up here. How can they call us outsiders within our own country?” she told the Press Trust of India.
Ranka also posted on X (formerly Twitter) that outside elements had been brought in to incite violence and alleged a local BJP councillor was seen distributing money to some attackers. The CJP has blamed the BJP for orchestrating the assault.
The BJP’s Jaipur MLA Swami Balmukundacharya said villagers objected to the CJP visit and did not allow them to enter, adding that locals reject the party’s approach and accused it of trying to disrupt children’s education. Some protesters who claimed to be villagers questioned the CJP’s motives and pointed to local development deficits, saying the area lacks basic facilities such as roads and schools.
The incident sparked an uproar in the Rajasthan Assembly, with Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasara accusing the BJP of responsibility, while Rajasthan Home Minister Jawahar Singh Bedam countered that the Congress was creating trouble under the cover of the CJP. Police responses and any ongoing investigations were not detailed in the reports cited by the party and media sources.
