The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.
The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
BBC cartoonist Kirtish Bhatt takes a jibe at the BJP’s defeat in the Assembly polls. The party was dismissed from all five states, but the Rafale fighter jet deal, which was one of the major issues during the elections, turned out to be “no ball” after all, as the Supreme Court rejected all petitions for a probe into it.
Aravinda Tegginamath takes a dig at Narendra Modi over his travel expenditure in the past four-and-a-half years that cost the taxpayers about $280 million.
Hemant Morparia | Twitter
Hemant Morparia pokes fun at a Zomato employee who was seen eating the food he was supposed to deliver, in a video that went viral on the Internet.
It’s Kamal in, kamal out in Mika Aziz’s funny take on the Congress’ CM pick for Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath replacing the BJP’s kamal (lotus).
In The Economic Times, R. Prasad suggests that judges should be careful while airing their views. The reference is to the Meghalaya high court judge who said that India should be declared a Hindu country.
The Times of India’s Sandeep Adhwaryu pokes the Indian media, suggesting that newsrooms, with their high-voltage coverage of elections, behave as though they are fighting a full-scale war.