Construction is scheduled to begin on September 1, with ₹18 lakh sanctioned for the project. Of the total, ₹12 lakh has been provided through the District Mineral Foundation Trust and ₹6 lakh from the local MLA fund. The DMFT component had been approved on August 13, before Friday’s confrontation, but work had yet to begin.
The Government Primary School, Rampura-Kanwarpura, in Sanganer block has 18 pupils and two teachers. Its original building was declared unsafe following a technical survey in September 2025 and was taken out of use. A proposal to move the children to a government senior secondary school at nearby Beelwa was opposed by villagers because of the distance and the young age of the pupils. Classes were subsequently conducted in premises described as a cattle enclosure.
Authorities shifted the children to alternative premises on Saturday, a day after images and videos of the school’s conditions and the confrontation attracted widespread attention. The new arrangement removed pupils from the cattle enclosure while preparations for construction were being made.
The dispute erupted on Friday when a CJP team led by party co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka arrived in Rampura-Kanwarpura as part of its “School Thik Karo” campaign. Villagers blocked the delegation from entering the school and objected to what they described as an attempt to politicise the institution.
A confrontation followed, with CJP members alleging that they were assaulted, stones were thrown and vehicles were damaged. Ranka said his clothes were torn during the violence and accused people associated with the BJP of attacking the delegation. Villagers rejected that account, saying the large group accompanying the activists had caused tension and that residents were capable of pursuing the school’s reconstruction themselves.
Police registered cross-FIRs after complaints from a CJP member and a villager. DCP South Rajarshi Raj Varma said the competing allegations, including accusations of assault and criminal intimidation, were under investigation. No determination has been announced establishing responsibility for the violence.
Ranka had given the government 48 hours to arrest those accused of attacking CJP members and demanded withdrawal of an education department order restricting unauthorised access to government schools. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke had also threatened a sit-in outside the Rampura school if construction did not begin.
Following the building announcement, Ranka said the party considered its immediate demand over the Rampura school addressed and that the 48-hour warning concerning construction was over. He said, however, that the campaign to inspect school infrastructure across Rajasthan would continue, with further visits planned in western districts including Jodhpur.
The controversy has widened scrutiny of government-school infrastructure across the state. Data placed before the Legislative Assembly showed that 611 government schools operate without buildings of their own. The figures have intensified political debate over ageing classrooms, sanitation, drinking-water provision and the pace at which unsafe structures are being replaced.
The government has also outlined a ₹12,500-crore, three-year programme for upgrading school infrastructure across Rajasthan. The plan covers new buildings, additional classrooms, major repairs and toilet facilities, with spending extending through the 2026-27 to 2028-29 financial years. The programme includes about ₹2,487.75 crore for new school buildings and more than ₹8,378 crore for additional classrooms.
