The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.
The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
The upcoming Karnataka elections have emerged as a dominant theme for political satire.
In FirstPost, Manjul suggests Narendra Modi’s praise for JD(S) chief Deve Gowda at an event may have been a hint for a possible alliance. However, Gowda later said there was no possibility of a tie-up.
Kirtish Bhat of BBC Hindi pokes fun at the Prime Minister’s inability to rein in the foot-in-mouth Tripura chief minister Biplab Deb. Bhat suggests that Narendra Modi is hastier with his economic policies than he is with controlling his party members. R. Prasad suggests that Deb is a ‘dumb-bell’ because of his string of absurd remarks.
Cartoonist Nala Ponnappa mocks the ability of different political parties to buy or bribe voters. In the end, he says, it is more about money power than ideology.
Sajith Kumar takes a jab at ‘primetime debates’ about air pollution in India, suggesting that we will keep on debating the issue but nothing will actually be done about it.
