In his letter, Dipke questioned the lack of basic facilities like drinking water and functional classrooms. Cockroach Janta Party founder and convenor Abhijeet Dipke on Monday wrote to education ministers of all states, seeking data on government school infrastructure, teacher vacancies and funding.The CJP convenor highlighted the visuals from government schools in the country circulating on social media. (X/ @abhijeet_dipke)In his letter, Dipke questioned the lack of basic facilities like drinking water and functional classrooms, while urging ministers to “treat the condition of public education as an urgent priority.”The CJP convenor highlighted the visuals from government schools in the country circulating on social media, saying they should make the citizens “deeply concerned.” He questioned how the children would “study in such conditions”, while claiming that they were being “treated worse than animals.” “How can we expect our country to progress when children are still struggling for the most basic facilities required to get an education?” he questioned, urging state governments across the country to “improve our schools on a war footing.”Follow the latest breaking news, major developments and agenda-setting stories from India and around the world with the newsdesk at Hindustan Times. Operating round the clock, the desk brings together experienced editors, reporters and correspondents to deliver fast, accurate and contextual reporting across subjects that influence public policy, governance, business, society and international affairs.