{
  "id": 2554774,
  "title": "‘611 schools without buildings’: Rajasthan govt admits lapses amid CJP ‘checks’, blames Congress, Gehlot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/611-schools-without-buildings-rajasthan-govt-admits-lapses-amid-cjp",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T10:34:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/611-schools-without-buildings-rajasthan-govt-admits-lapses-amid-cjp-checks-blames-congress-gehlot-101787390726254.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Congress-led Rajasthan government has admitted to a major shortfall in school infrastructure, with 611 schools operating without their own buildings, according to a recent disclosure. The BJP government, which took over after the Congress, blamed the previous administration for the poor condition of these schools. The revelation came in response to a question from the Leader of Opposition Tika Ram Jully and was made following an audit conducted after a school accident in Jhalawar, where seven students died and 28 were injured when a school building collapsed during morning prayers. This incident occurred in July last year, highlighting the urgent need for better infrastructure in government schools. The BJP claimed that the current government is addressing the \"sin\" of the previous Congress government, while the CJP volunteers, on their way to inspect a government school in Jaipur's Bagru assembly constituency, were allegedly attacked by a group of people with BJP connections. The volunteers were on a mission to assess school infrastructure and facilities, as reported by India Today, citing Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) data for 2025-26.",
  "summary": "The BJP dubbed the poor condition of government schools as the “sin” of the previous Congress government that the current administration was trying to fix.",
  "key_points": [
    "Rajasthan admits 611 schools lack buildings",
    "BJP blames Congress, Gehlot for infrastructure lapses",
    "CJP volunteers attacked while inspecting schools"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}