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In today’s featured cartoon, Alok Nirantar mocks the government, represented by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, for passing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha, instead of focusing on the economic slowdown and people’s struggles with unemployment.
Kirtish Bhatt portrays two women wondering when citizens will amend their behaviour with respect to crimes against women, at a time when the Citizenship Act is being amended.
Mika Aziz portrays Shah leaving Muslims out of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
Nala Ponnappa shows how the BJP’s thumping win in the Karnataka assembly bypolls was drowned out by the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill debate in Parliament.
R. Prasad satirises the passing of the CAB by reminding Hindutva proponents of the ancient Hindu philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva kutumbakam’ (the world is our family).
Sandeep Adhwaryu recalls PM Modi’s new slogan for his second term in power — ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas‘, and shows ‘Vishwas’ (trust) about to blow ‘Vikas’ (development) to smithreens through the CAB.
Arindam Mukherjee borrows from the Christian prayer ‘Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name’ (Matthew 6:9) to describe Amit Shah.
(With inputs from Qandeel Qazi)