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In today’s featured cartoon, cartoonist Alok refers PM Modi’s studied silence on the Manipur violence amid Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the state Thursday.
R Prasad refers to the 24-hour ‘coup‘ by Russia’s mercenary boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, amid an ongoing war with Ukraine.
Kirtish Bhatt, meanwhile, takes a jibe at the BJP’s reaction to the Opposition meet that took place in Patna recently. Leaders of several Opposition parties met to chalk out a common strategy to unitedly take on the ruling BJP in next year’s general election.
Thousands of women travellers have availed free rides on Karnataka state-run buses under the government’s ‘Shakti’ scheme’. In the above cartoon, Satish Acharya mocks those who have targeted the free bus ride scheme.
With the BJP government pushing for a Uniform Civil Code in the country, cartoonist EP Unny uses the concept to talk about the criticism that BCCI has been facing over the schedule of the ICC World Cup 2023. Various political leaders have alleged that the cricket board has preferred some venues and ignored others.