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In today’s featured cartoon, Satish Acharya takes a jibe at the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council’s decision to levy GST on a number of food items, while alluding to the tax regime’s multiple slabs.
Alok Nirantar takes a swipe at the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena in the backdrop of Thackeray appearing in a video interview with loyalist Sanjay Raut for party mouthpiece Saamana. Thackeray has lost the support of a majority of Sena MLAs and MPs, who have decided to extend support to the Eknath Shinde faction of the party.
Sandeep Adhwaryu, too, comments on the rift within the Shiv Sena, which analysts have attributed to party chief Uddhav Thackeray and son Aaditya deviating from the Hindutva agenda set by Sena founder Bal Thackeray.
Also alluding to allegedly rising communal hate, Manjul comments on Ram Nath Kovind’s final address to the nation as President, in which he underlined the need to “protect our environment, land, air and water for the sake of our children”.
Sajith Kumar draws on the Central Bureau of Investigation busting a racket accused of cheating individuals by offering them Rajya Sabha seats and appointment to the post of governor in exchange for Rs 100 crore.