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In today’s featured cartoon, Kirtish Bhatt takes a dig at the Centre’s stance that the three farm laws are beneficial for farmers while illustrating the police response to farmers who have been protesting the reform bills since they were passed in Parliament in September.
Alok Nirantar illustrates how critics of the government are often labelled ‘anti-national’. During the ongoing farmers protest, allegations of a Khalistani agenda surfaced. Nirantar also refers to a tweet by BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya that was flagged as “manipulated media” by Twitter.
Manjul alludes to the trenches that were dug up to prevent the progress of the farmers protest rally near the borders to Delhi.
R. Prasad on how talks between farmers and the government at the Vigyan Bhawan over the past few days have failed to made any headway.
E. P. Unny imagines Santa Claus delivering the ‘gift’ of Covid-19 vaccine this Christmas, with various trials announcing positive results.