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In today’s featured cartoon, R Prasad takes a dig at the uncertainty surrounding the Congress presidential elections, with the crisis in the party’s Rajasthan unit putting CM Ashok Gehlot’s possible candidacy under a cloud and lack of clarity on contenders other than Shashi Tharoor.
In the same vein, Alok Nirantar depicts the Congress leadership’s most recent stance on the party’s upcoming presidential election — Ashok Gehlot is reportedly still in the race even as he shows no sign of resigning as Rajasthan CM.
Kirtish Bhatt derives his landscape from news that veteran actor Asha Parekh would be conferred the Dada Saheb Phalke award for 2020. The cartoon depicts a politician saying, “I strongly oppose the fact that these acting awards are only conferred upon those from the film industry.”
Satish Acharya takes a jibe at the government’s invitation to the public for naming the seven newly-introduced Namibian cheetahs.
Sajith Kumar alludes to the rupee hitting an all-time low against the US dollar Monday while making a reference to the live streaming of Supreme Court proceedings that began Tuesday.