A new wave sweeps away five states’ CMs, and a ‘bad’ customer walks into the Bad Bank
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A new wave sweeps away five states’ CMs, and a ‘bad’ customer walks into the Bad Bank

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

   

Alok Nirantar | Twitter/@caricatured

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.

In today’s featured cartoon, Alok Nirantar illustrates how BJP as well as Congress chief ministers have been swept away by a wave of decisions by their respective party high commands. The list includes BJP’s Vijay Rupani, B.S. Yediyurappa, Trivendra Singh Rawat and Tirath Singh Rawat, and now Congress’ Captain Amarinder Singh.

Kirtish Bhatt | BBC News Hindi

Kirtish Bhatt takes a dig at TV news channels’ frenzied coverage of the leadership change in Punjab, which led to the ‘surprise‘ appointment of Charanjit Singh Channi as the CM. In the cartoon, a supporter is rushing to greet a generic Sikh leader, congratulating him for having been one of the speculated names for about half an hour.

Sajith Kumar | Deccan Herald

Sajith Kumar jokes that the Congress’ 2017 electoral promise of change has been delivered in the form of Captain Amarinder Singh’s removal from the CM’s chair.

E.P. Unny | The Indian Express

E.P. Unny takes a swipe at political leadership across states, suggesting that farmers’ protests against the Narendra Modi government’s new laws on agriculture, which have lasted over a year, look more stable than governance.

R Prasad | Economic Times

R. Prasad depicts a robbery at the Bad Bank proposed to be set up by the Modi government to alleviate the problem of bad loans.