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In today’s featured cartoon, Manjul hits out at the communal disharmony increasingly on display in India, such as the incidents of sloganeering, stone-throwing and communal riots that have been reported from Delhi, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra. The cartoonist blames politicians for using the communal fires to suit their ends, instead of dousing the flames.
After multiple incidents of stone pelting were reported during religious processions in various parts of the country, Alok Nirantar highlights how a few leaders incite mobs, but are gone soon after.
Satish Acharya takes a jibe at MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s warning that the Hanuman Chalisa will be played at a high volume outside mosques if they don’t remove the loudspeakers they use for azaan. He shows the common man trying to highlight problems while PM Narendra Modi sits oblivious in a proverbial ivory tower.
Sandeep Adhwaryu takes a jibe at the surge in the prices of fuel and lemons.