India, Aug. 16 -- Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke launched the 'School Thik Karo' campaign from his ancestral village Santuk Pimpri, in Hingoli district, on Saturday, calling attention government's neglect of state-run schools and alleging that students from underprivileged families were bearing the brunt even after 80 years of independence.

Dipke travelled 234-km from his residence in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to Santuk Pimpri to attend an Independence Day flag-hoisting ceremony, and visited a zilla parishad school in the village to inspect its basic facilities. Sharing videos of the school's condition, he listed the shortcomings: "No drinking water, no benches, dirty washrooms, broken windows, no water supply."

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