The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.
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With fuel prices continuing to soar, Hemant Morparia appears to suggest that it could prove costly for Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the 2019 elections.
In The Outlook Magazine, cartoonist Irfan too takes a dig at the futile attempts to control the fuel price hike.
Jackartoons on India’s continued dominance over Pakistan in the Asia Cup. On Sunday, India coasted to a nine-wicket victory in the Super Four stage, after a similar lop-sided win in the group stage.
In The Economic Times, R. Prasad has a take on the arrest of the Kerala Bishop accused of rape, and the spotlight it has cast on alleged sex crimes involving the church.
In the wake of former French president Francois Hollande’s remarks in the Rafale deal, Sandeep Adhwaryu sarcastically suggests that a hand from Paris could end up queering the pitch for the BJP’s poll prospects in 2019.
Satish Acharya, in Sify, too takes a dig at Hollande’s jolt to the Modi government, juxtaposing it with the PM launching the Ayushman Bharat, which is being seen as a scheme with poll potential for the government.
Swathi Vadlamoodi takes a dig at Arun Jaitley’s allegation about a link between Rahul Gandhi’s month-old tweet and former French President Francois Hollande’s recent claims.
At a public rally in Rajasthan Thursday, Rahul Gandhi called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a thief, referring to his silence over the Rafale scam. Neelabh Banerjee weighs in.
Mika Aziz also continues along the same lines.