Local residents stopped Cockroach Janta Party campaigners from entering a government school in Greater Noida, according to the group’s spokesperson Saurav Das, in another dispute over its “School Thik Karo” campaign.
Das said the team found schools locked ahead of its visit and alleged that a car without a registration plate followed them. Neither the reason for the closures nor the identity of the vehicle’s occupants has been independently established. There was no verified account from the residents explaining why they opposed the visit.
The confrontation follows a dispute in Gautam Buddh Nagar earlier this month. Das claimed government schools across the district had been ordered to close after his team visited a school in Noida. District education officials rejected that claim, saying they had issued no such directive. The denial does not establish why any particular school was locked when campaigners arrived.
The campaign seeks to document conditions in government schools and press authorities to address shortcomings. Its visits have also raised questions about access to school premises and how claims made during inspections are checked.
Campaign activity has drawn confrontation beyond Uttar Pradesh. After a clash involving volunteers during a school visit in Rajasthan, the group demanded arrests and threatened a wider agitation. Those allegations, including its claim about who was responsible, remain contested.
The group has since extended its scrutiny to tribal schools near Kherwara in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district. Campaigners have reported inadequate buildings, teaching facilities and water access there, and called for action by the state government.
Das’s account of the Greater Noida visit leaves two questions for local authorities: whether the school was scheduled to be open, and whether a complaint was made about the vehicle he described.
