Karnataka elections sideline Manipur violence & fuss over ‘40% commission’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Mika Aziz| Twitter/@MikaAziz

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.

In today’s featured cartoon, Mika Aziz gives his take on the recent ongoing violence in Manipur against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe status. He depicts how the government has been ignoring the situation in Manipur but is immersed in the Karnataka election campaigns.

MANJUL|Twitter/@MANJULtoons

Manjul draws on the issue of climate change, and how the actions taken to curb it have been less implied, and merely talked about. He illustrates on how climate change has taken the rapid speed than the actions done to prevent it.

Cartoonist Alok| Twitter/@caricatured

Cartoonist Alok takes a dig on the movie “The Kerala Story” being made tax-free in Madhya Pradesh and how the authorities have been supporting the movie in different parts of the country. Here, he hints at the the Manipur violence going unnoticed.

Satish Acharya| Twitter/@satishacharya

Satish Acharya alludes to the “40% sarkar” comment made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi — an attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Karnataka government over the ‘40% commission charges.’