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In today’s featured cartoon, Satish Acharya comments on the escalating tussle between the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as AAP looks to make a splash in the Gujarat assembly election, likely to be held in December this year. The BJP has been attacking AAP over Delhi’s now-withdrawn excise policy, which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now investigating over allegations of corruption. The agency raided Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s house last week.
Sajith Kumar also draws on the AAP-BJP battle, while alluding to both parties’ penchant for public relations.
Sandeep Adhwaryu refers to the silence AAP has maintained on the release of the convicted rapists in the Bilkis Bano case, which saw nationwide outrage.
With many opposition leaders facing cases and raids by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), E.P. Unny takes a dig at the Congress.
Nala Ponnappa comments on the rising prominence of Hindutva icons such as V.D. Savarkar in the national discourse.