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In today’s featured cartoon, Sandeep Adhwaryu hints at the Congress distancing itself from the tweet by party leader Digvijaya Singh thanking the German Foreign Ministry for taking note of Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the BJP has slammed the Congress, saying Singh’s tweet is an invitation for “foreign interference”.
Satish Acharya, too, takes a dig at Germany’s reaction to Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification, saying the country “expects the standards of judicial independence and fundamental democratic principles will apply in the case”. In the illustration, while Union Home minister Amit Shah seems to acknowledge this isn’t great for India’s image on a global stage, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is simply surprised it’s not another Nobel Prize rumour.
Alok Nirantar mocks the indictment of former US President Donald Trump by a New York grand jury over hush money allegedly paid to an adult film star during his 2016 Presidential campaign. Trump has become the first former US President to face criminal charges.
Kirtish Bhatt draws on a Supreme Court verdict where it took serious exception to hate speeches, saying these will end the moment politicians stop using religion in politics. But the question Bhatt seems to be asking is, do they even know any other style of politics?
Vishnu Madhav mocks the now-reversed directive by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to label curd packets with its Hindi term ‘dahi‘. The authority Thursday withdrew the controversial notification, allowing usage of regional alternatives for the Hindi term on curd packets after receiving flak from southern states.