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In today’s featured cartoon, R. Prasad refers to announcement by UP CM Yogi Adityanath that police bands in the state will play patriotic music at memorials and tourist places every week, and uses it to take a jibe at the new trend of bulldozers razing property of alleged criminals. The trend began in UP and is being replicated in other states like Madhya Pradesh.
Sajith Kumar draws on the recent instances of communal tensions which led to stone-pelting in different parts of the country. He suggests that the people involved in such incidents are weighed down by issues like inflation and unemployment.
Sandeep Adhwaryu has this dark take on the hate on display in various parts of the country.
Alok Nirantar hits out at the Narendra Modi government as he illustrates the common man’s agony over the unprecedented rise in inflation in the month of March, and the government’s perceived lack of action on the issue.
Satish Acharya mocks the recent hike in lemon prices and the impact they’ve had on the common Indian.