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In today’s featured cartoon, Sandeep Adhwaryu refers to the Congress’ dismal electoral performance in the North-East, where it only secured five seats in Meghalaya, three in Tripura while it did not make any gains in Nagaland. Meanwhile, the party’s frontman Rahul Gandhi gave a lecture at Cambridge University Tuesday, on ‘Learning to Listen in the 21st Century’.
Sajith Kumar also takes a swipe at the Congress for its poll performance in the Northeast after it ended up on the losing side in all three states.
Alok Nirantar takes a swipe at the BJP after its loss in the Maharashtra bypolls, in a seat that it held for almost three decades, Pune’s Kasba Peth constituency. BJP’s Hemant Rasane lost to Maha Vikas Aghadi’s Ravindra Dhangekar by 10,915 votes.
Kirtish Bhatt allures to the Supreme Court’s ruling that a high-power panel comprising the Prime Minister, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, and the Chief Justice of India must pick the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs). Here, a annoyed politician being interviewed says he ‘welcomes’ the decision.
Nala Ponnappa refers to the Chinese spy balloon scandal in the wake of Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Wang met Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar Thursday while visiting New Delhi for the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meet.