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In today’s featured cartoon, Alok Nirantar has a witty take on how former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi dating actor Sushmita Sen took Indian internet users by surprise.
Satish Acharya alludes to the row over a booklet issued by the Parliament Secretariat, ahead of the Monsoon Session, containing a list of words that were expunged from the record as “unparliamentary” during previous sessions.
Kirtish Bhatt, too, refers to the compilation of “unparliamentary” words issued by the Parliament Secretariat. In the illustration, a politician can be seen telling a reporter: “It is my opinion that the question mark should also be banned. Everyone I see is asking questions.”
Alluding to the list of “unparliamentary words”, Manjul draws on concerns raised by Opposition leaders who have termed the list a “gag order”.
Sandeep Adhwaryu comments on the controversy over the list of “unparliamentary words” in the backdrop of AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair facing a police case for calling three religious leaders ‘hatemongers’ in a tweet.