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.
Cartoonist Sajith Kumar takes a dig at the situation in Kashmir where the BJP has pulled out of the BJP-PDP alliance in the state. Kumar portrays that even though both BJP and the PDP have been parts of coalition governments earlier, the arrangement between the two parties has failed.
Hemant Morparia in his cartoon portrays the tense situation in Kashmir. He says that an increasing muscle power and execution of stringent policies will only cause more violence in the Valley.
Cartoonist Gokul Gopalakrishnan takes a dig at BJP’s decision to break the alliance with PDP. Gopalakrishnan shows BJP National Secretary Ram Madhav letting go off Kashmir by breaking the alliance. The BJP which had once found PDP’s confidence has now lost it.
Using the FIFA World Cup reference, Suhail Naqshbandi in his cartoon picks the theme of BJP-PDP breakup and portrays that BJP’s decision to call off support in Kashmir is a targeted move to gather support for 2019 general elections.
In a video conference Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised the farmer that his government will help boost crop productivity with his ‘Per Drop More Crop’ plan. ThePrint’s Soham Sen alludes to farmer’s tear drops instead and shows a boy offering an onion to his father to benefit from Modi’s statement.
Taking the theme of International World Yoga Day Mika Aziz in his cartoon for The Indian Express comments that voters are always fooled and punished by politicians.
Satish Acharya in his cartoon takes a similar theme to portray Rahul Gandhi garnering support from Janata Dal in Karnataka to form the government against BJP. Here, Congress members Rahul Gandhi, Siddaramaiah and G. Parameshwara are shown to climb and hang onto JDS member H.D. Kumaraswamy.
Sandeep Adhwaryu in his cartoon for the Times of India comments that the BJP and the PDP kept shoving dirt under the covers since their coalition in 2015. Now when the heap of problems have gotten too high and the government in the state has fallen, BJP’s Amit Shah blames it on PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti.