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In today’s featured cartoon, Nala Ponnappa gives his satirical take on the BJP’s first list of candidates for Karnataka election. There were reports that PM Narendra Modi was upset with candidate selection following which the list was held back Monday and later released Tuesday night.
Satish Acharya takes a dig at Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who claimed that those blaming India on minority issues have no clue about ground realities. “Muslims in India are doing better than in Pakistan,” the finance minister said in Washington DC.
Kirtish Bhatt draws on the ongoing tussle between Congress politician Sachin Pilot and his own party as he went on a hunger strike in Rajasthan. He plays upon the situation to juxtapose Pilot’s action with growing incidents of airline crews facing trouble with their passengers.
Alok Nirantar comments on the Uddhav Thakeray faction of Shiv Sena’s demand that BJP minister and Maharashtra higher education minister Chandrakant Patil be sacked for the comment he made on the Babri Masjid demolition. Patil’s comment was seen as going against the Sena’s claims of having role in Ram Janmabhoomi movement. 
EP Unny Twitter/@unnycartoonistE.P. Unny draws on the disagreement expressed by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar over the remarks made by billionaire investor George Soros on India’s democracy. Soros demanded answers from PM Modi showing his concerns about the ongoing Adani-Hindenburg row.