# Broken toilets, leaking roofs: Why India's ‘Cockroach’ party wants to fix schools

https://mins.news/en/item/28002

- BBC News, 2026-08-21 00:04 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg4q8kyxp7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> India’s Cockroach Janta Party has launched a #SchoolThikKaro campaign highlighting the poor condition of government schools, particularly in rural areas. A girls’ primary school in Faridabad has unusable toilets, unsafe classrooms and flooding during rains. The group says better facilities are needed to give rural children opportunities comparable to those in cities.

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