Anonymous donors are using food delivery apps to provide meals and refreshments to Cockroach Janta Party protesters at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
The surge of support highlights the growing public frustration over alleged systemic failures in national examination processes and the use of digital platforms to sustain grassroots political demonstrations.
Protesters remained at the site on Monday, marking the third consecutive day [1] of the demonstration. The group is protesting alleged examination irregularities and a leak of the May 3 NEET paper [3].
Supporters, including some based abroad, have utilized delivery platforms such as Zomato and Swiggy to send food to the site [2]. These orders include items such as chai, samosas, biryani, and pizza [2].
Reports indicate that hundreds [2] of anonymous donors have arranged these refreshments. Other accounts describe countless videos of delivery partners arriving at the protest site with nameless orders [2].
The Cockroach Janta Party members have maintained their presence at Jantar Mantar to demand accountability for the reported leaks [1, 3].
“Anonymous donors are using food delivery apps to provide meals and refreshments to Cockroach Janta Party protesters.”
The use of third-party delivery services to support a political protest represents a shift in how demonstrations are sustained, allowing a remote or anonymous donor base to provide logistical support without physical presence. This digital bridge between the diaspora and local activists can prolong protests by removing the immediate burden of food procurement from the demonstrators.
