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In the backdrop of a recent study on air pollution in India, and the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Sandeep Adhwaryu suggests Indian parties also create pollution.
As actor-turned-politician and former BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha joins Congress, Satish Acharya puns on Sinha’s nickname ‘Shatru’ (enemy) for the Bihar parliamentarian’s open criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, even while he was a member of the BJP.
With the opposition complaining against NaMo TV for violation of EC’s model code of conduct, Manjul pokes fun at Indian media.
With EC’s recent indictment of Rajasthan governor Kalyan Singh, Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath for violation of model code of conduct, R. Prasad shows Congress president Rahul Gandhi making an allusion to his grandmother and former PM Indira Gandhi’s landslide victory against a strong opposition alliance in 1971, followed by the Emergency in 1975.
Uday Deb depicts political leaders in West Bengal taking help from local goons and cadres for votes.
Suhail Naqshbandi takes a dig at Jammu and Kashmir governor’s recent ban on civilian movements on highways in the state to ensure higher security for army convoys. The cartoonist suggests that it’s only the common man who suffers, be it due to snow or government orders.