New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday suggested that the PM CARES Fund to be used to improve infrastructure in rural schools.

The suggestion came a day after government documents revealed that the PM CARES Fund corpus has risen to a record Rs.8,452 crore in 2024-25 from Rs.7,173 crore in 2023-24.

"Use PM CARES Fund for schools! Imagine how many rural schools could have been improved with Rs.8,452 crore of PM CARES," Dipke said in a video message shared on social media.

Assuming that a good school world need at least Rs.8 crore to built, Dipke said the money can be used to have 1000 new schools. Earlier, CJP leaders had called for an audit of the PM CARES Fund and sought details of the Pri...