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In the featured cartoon today, Sandeep Adhwaryu mocks the Congress for continuing to stick to the Gandhi family as its leaders, no matter how poorly the party continues to perform in elections.
Satish Acharya also comments on the Congress Working Committee’s decision to keep the Gandhis in charge, despite reports that they had offered to resign.
R. Prasad repurposes a slogan generally used by supporters of PM Narendra Modi, “aayega to Modi hi” (only Modi will come back) to illustrate that the Gandhis look likely to be in charge of the Congress, no matter what happens.
Sajith Kumar highlights the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s proposal to cut the interest rate on PF deposits to 8.1 per cent, its lowest level in over four decades, and implies that this is the ‘reward’ for the votes PM Modi’s BJP received in the recent elections.
Manjul alludes to the fact that four states out of five that went to the polls in February-March have voted to retain the same government. He also hits out at the media, accusing it of being a cheerleader for the BJP.
Nala Ponnappa takes a dig at Vladimir Putin’s nuclear signalling amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and fears of World War III.