Hundreds of people order food online for protestors at Jantar Mantar
Supporters from across India are using food delivery apps to send meals to students protesting at Jantar Mantar against NEET examination irregularities. The influx of orders has overwhelmed local delivery services, serving as a digital-age method of showing solidarity with the demonstrators.
Why it matters
It demonstrates how modern gig-economy platforms are being repurposed for grassroots political activism and remote solidarity.
Outside the layers of barricades of the Jantar Mantar protest site of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), at the intersection of Tolstoy Marg and Sansad Marg, Aayu Jacob, 18, stopped his blue-coloured motorcycle for the 20th time since Tuesday (July 21, 2026) morning.
“Since morning, I have done 20 rounds here to deliver pizzas. Out of that, four orders were from the U.S. Other delivery agents from our restaurant are also coming here,” Mr. Jacob said.
Every few minutes, a new delivery person stopped at the intersection to deliver food to the protest site, but to no particular person.
The food was being ordered by hundreds of people across the country, with the location as Jantar Mantar protest site and instructions to give the food to the protestors. The food items ranged from pizzas, burgers, momos, to thaalis.
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