The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
In today’s featured cartoon, Sandeep Adhwaryu takes a dig at the fuel price hike in India a few days after the election results were declared in five states. He refers to the BJP’s rhetoric about the past to suggest the government is turning the common Indian’s scooter into a time machine.
Alok Nirantar mocks the Maharashtra government for not decreasing VAT on petrol and diesel and claiming there are limited funds, while at the same time, announcing 300 new flats in Mumbai for MLAs.
Kirtish Bhatt pokes fun at the Rs 50 hike in the cost of each LPG cylinders. The cartoonist illustrates a customer telling the gas company that for this kind of price, at least the smell coming out of the cylinder should be pleasant.
Satish Acharya comments on India’s low ranking in the world happiness index. In the illustration, PM Modi suggests to the common Indian if he has watched Vivek Agnihotri’s film on the Kashmiri Pandit exodus, ‘The Kashmir Files‘.
Sajith Kumar illustrates the biggest issue facing the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in West Bengal, which is drawing flak for the Birbhum violence which claimed the lives of eight people.