New Delhi: Volunteers from different walks of life are supplying free food for the people and students who are participating in the ongoing sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar led by CJP demanding resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Jantar Mantar has transformed into a community kitchen, with office-goers, elderly citizens, children and community groups standing shoulder to shoulder, serving meals, snacks and refreshments to the agitators. The menu also reflects the preferences of the largely young crowd: pizzas, biryani, chips, biscuits, fruit juices and cold drinks, while local vendors are offering golgappas and dahi bhallas to the protesters, all free of cost.

A steady supply of pizzas, biryani, langar, fruits and even golgappas have been at the Jantar Mantar. Volunteers from different walks of life have joined hands to keep hundreds of students from hydrated. Many food packets also carried portable hand fans to help the protesters keep cool amid the humid weather.

The Sikh community, including Nihang Sikhs, who had joined the protest on Tuesday, organized a langar that continued serving fresh meals to anyone walking in. Many children were spotted distributing water bottles, while the elderly volunteers handed out bananas and seasonal fruits to the gathering.

People from different states are sending food and drinking water. We are also receiving contributions from Indians living abroad. Everyone wants to help the students in whatever way they can, said Volunteer. The volunteers started placing hand fans inside food packets after noticing students sitting for hours in the scorching heat, he said.

The volunteers are quietly moving through the crowd with trays, cartons and meal packets, proving that food had become one of the strongest expressions of solidarity.