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.
In the lead cartoon, Manjul illustrates the unity of opposition parties that has led them to crush the BJP in the recently-held bypolls across the country. The opposition parties won in 11 of the 14 by-elections — 10 assembly and four Lok Sabha — reducing the BJP and its allies to just three wins, which however included two Lok Sabha seats.
Gokul Gopalakrishnan continues on the bye-election theme, taking a dig at Modi and Amit Shah by punning on the word ‘bye.’
Irfan, the cartoonist, illustrates the pace, or lack of it, at which oil prices are being reduced. The government had recently cut petrol and diesel prices by just one paisa, then six.
Alok Nirantar takes a jibe at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, touted as one of the BJP’s star election campaigners. There is a reference to the string of embarrassing bypoll defeats that Yogi has faced in the state since taking over, including in his home patch of Gorakhpur.
Sajith Kumar rounds up the cartoons by referring to the Modi-Shah magic, which, he suggests, appears to be losing steam ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
