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Kashmir Saturday woke up to the 60th day of a communication clampdown that has been in place since the Modi government scrapped Article 370 on 5 August. Mir Suhail illustrates in today’s featured cartoon.
Satish Acharya weighs in on the sedition case filed against 49 celebrities who had written an open letter to PM Modi and expressed concern about growing intolerance in India. The cartoonist also makes a pointed reference to the Modi government’s flagship Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, which aims to make India “ODF” or “open defecation free”.
Manjul also offers comment on the sedition case against the 49 celebrities, suggesting that it takes much longer for the Indian legal system to react to crimes such as rape.
On Gandhi Jayanti, unidentified people stole the mortal remains of Mahatma Gandhi from Bapu Bhawan at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh. The miscreants also vandalised a photograph of Gandhi, scribbling ‘anti-national’ on it. Gopal Shoonya of BBC News Hindi weighs in.
As allies BJP and Shiv Sena lock their seatshare, Alok Nirantar hints that the coalition’s real challenge may rise from within its ranks. For the first time in their three-decade partnership, the Shiv Sena has accepted a junior partner’s role on home turf Maharashtra.