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In today’s featured cartoon, R. Prasad takes a jibe at the Congress’ three-day ‘Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir‘ in Rajasthan’s Udaipur. He suggests that what the party needs is an ideology, but only one in which the leadership (read: the Gandhis) will be front-and-centre.
Sandeep Adhwaryu alludes to the split verdict by the Delhi High Court on the criminalisation of marital rape. The cartoonist uses the concept of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, meaning the world is one family, to draw parallels to countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Libya, which aren’t exactly known to have a good human rights record.
Alok Nirantar takes a swipe at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, for recently saying that India has not breached the inflation target so badly, even as the country reels under surging prices.
Kirtish Bhat also draws on the rising inflation in the country, while taking a dig at the ongoing politics around the history of the Taj Mahal and Qutab Minar.
Meanwhile, Sajith Kumar draws attention to the Supreme Court suspending all pending trials, appeals and proceedings, with respect to charges under the sedition law — Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) — till the central government reviews its provisions.