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In today’s featured cartoon, Kirtish Bhatt alludes to the ongoing political crisis in Jharkhand, where the UPA government shifted 31 MLAs to the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh to avert any poaching attempt by the BJP. This was done as Chief Minister Hemant Soren faces the prospect of disqualification as an MLA for allegedly violating electoral laws. In the cartoon, a politician can be seen saying: “GPS should be fitted to the MLAs soon after they win as it makes tracking easier.”
R. Prasad takes a jibe at the Aam Aadmi Party government after the Delhi lieutenant governor’s office wrote to the chief secretary Monday seeking explanation for the “decline in enrolment and rise in absenteeism” in government schools since 2014-15 despite an increase in expenditure on education. The AAP and the L-G’s office are already embroiled in a fight over the Delhi excise policy.
Satish Acharya refers to senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad quitting the Congress by writing
a scathing resignation letter in which he blamed the Gandhis for the decline of the party
of which he had been a member since the 1970s.
Nala Ponappa refers to the flood situation in Karnataka while making reference to idol immersion that take place at the end of the Ganesh Chaturthi celebration. Roads in Karnataka’s capital Bengaluru remain under water following heavy rains in the city and nearby areas.