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In today’s featured cartoon, Alok Nirantar refers to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Parliament, where he alleged that opposition-led governments in Maharashtra and Delhi had exacerbated the spread of Covid-19 during the pandemic’s early days by encouraging the migrant exodus. Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in turn accused Modi of spreading Covid by not restricting international flights and holding the ‘Namaste Trump’ event, a huge public gathering in Ahmedabad in February 2020, to welcome then-US President Donald Trump.
E.P. Unny suggests the PM’s attacks on the Congress seem to signal a shift of focus from the UP assembly elections that are about to take place to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
After Rahul Gandhi announced incumbent Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi as the Congress’ chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming assembly polls, R. Prasad weighs in on the fortunes of state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was the other leading contender for the position.
Sajith Kumar has a message for those protesting against female Muslim students wearing hijabs in educational institutions, alluding to the ongoing controversy in Karnataka.
Nala Ponnappa uses the popular web-based word game Wordle to illustrate how Hindu leaders have opposed Muslim students wearing hijabs in Karnataka’s schools and colleges.
Kirtish Bhatt suggests that a half-day or day-long silence should be observed for the mindset of people who accused actor Shah Rukh Khan of “spitting” while reading a dua (prayer) during legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar’s cremation Sunday. A video of Khan’s prayer was widely circulated, with many misinterpreting the custom of blowing air after a dua as “spitting”.