Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has alleged that expired food items were being used to prepare midday meals for children at government schools in Maharashtra's Hingoli district, raising questions over the safety of food being served to students
He also highlighted the lack of basic facilities such as drinking water, washrooms, benches and adequate teachers.
Dipke toured villages in the Hingoli district and inspected schools under the CJP's 'School Thik Karo' campaign, which was launched on August 15 from his native village, Santuk Pipri. On Saturday, he visited the area again and inspected schools in Lohgaon, Karanjal, Jamdaya, Jambhrun and Khillar.
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"I was absolutely shocked by what I saw this morning. The food items being used for the midday meal were expired, they had gone past their expiry date six or seven months ago. I want to ask the ministers, MLAs, and officials, do they feed their own children expired food?"
