BJP picks off Congress in Goa & Karnataka as indifferent Rahul Gandhi sulks in corner

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

Alok Nirantar | Sakal Media Group

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 pokes fun at former Congress president Rahul Gandhi over the ongoing  MLA ‘crisis’ in Goa and Karnataka. The party has been in a soup ever since Gandhi quit without a successor in place.

Kirtish Bhatt | BBC News Hindi

Kirtish Bhatt takes a jibe at BJP’s women welfare scheme ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ in view of the viral social media video released by Sakshi Misra, daughter of BJP’s Bareilly MLA Rajesh Kumar Misra, who claimed a threat to her life from her father after she married a Dalit man.

Satish Acharya | NewsSting

Satish Acharya depicts Karnataka Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar’s snail pace as he goes about resolving the crisis in the state assembly.

Nala Ponnappa | Twitter

Nala Ponnappa comments on the ideological vacuum of the ‘rebel’ MLAs in Karnataka.

Sajith Kumar | Deccan Herald

Sajith Kumar draws a parallel between Indian cricket team’s loss in the Cricket World Cup and the Karnataka and Goa crisis for Congress.

Mika Aziz | Twitter

Mika Aziz makes an illustrative pun about ‘low-hanging fruits’ for the BJP in the Goa assembly after 10 Congress MLAs quit to join the ruling party.