‘We have littered the area, we need to clean up’: Volunteers before leaving Jantar Mantar

3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 26, 2026 09:48 AM IST Volunteers cleaning the protest site, after their demands were met at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on Saturday. Express photo by Abhinav SahaAs Bollywood songs blared, supporters hugged each other, clicked selfies and danced to celebrate Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation on Saturday, hundreds of volunteers at Jantar Mantar quietly formed a human chain, slipped on gloves and began cleaning the protest site people had occupied for over a month. Outside Gate 2 of the Jantar Mantar Metro station, which was opened after the protest was withdrawn by the CJP, a volunteer in a green reflective jacket called out to those celebrating – “We all know how to clean. Could you please step inside (the human chain)?”Within minutes, t