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.
After a leopard broke into a crowded locality and was caught in Nashik, Alok illustrates Maharashtra officials waiting outside the Thackeray residence ‘Matoshree’ to ‘catch’ BJP alliance partner and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.
Appupen for BraindedIndia takes a potshot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s publicity campaign for the Ujjwala scheme, suggesting that it’s sexist of the BJP government to associate only women with the gas connection scheme.
Illustrating Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah’s quest for recovering black money, Mika Aziz cites party income of Rs 553 crore from ‘unknown sources’.
Sajith Kumar takes a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ‘seeking gifts’ in return of Bharat Ratna and Padma awards — a reference to the auction of the gifts he received after assuming power in 2014.
Sandeep Adhwaryu draws a BJP leader and an RSS member taking a dig at former President and senior Congress politician Pranab Mukherjee’s felicitation with Bharat Ratna.
Satish Acharya depicts Prime Minister Narendra Modi and law enforcement officers, gearing up for ‘rallies and raids’, respectively, before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as BJP president Amit Shah clarifies the party campaign.
Surendra depicts Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s pre-poll face off as just a precursor to a ‘post-poll’ alliance.