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 battle for the front seat
In Mail Today, Satish Acharya compares opposition parties’ Friday announcement that they will stand for next year’s general elections without a prime ministerial candidate with the Kiki Challenge.
Taking positions
Cartoonist Irfan takes a dig at Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s position and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case. Kumar Monday said the case was “condemnable”.
Ladies first
Cartoonist Manjul says “ladies first” after Justice Indira Banerjee took the oath first out of the three who got elevated to the Supreme Court Monday. Justice K.M Joseph was the third to take the oath despite being eight months in the line.
The planet of jobs
Union minister Nitin Gadkari Sunday commented that there are hardly any jobs in the market so reservations for the Marathas is out of question. In The Indian Express, cartoonist Mika illustrates Gadkari looking for jobs on other planets.
Third on the list
In The Asian Age, cartoonist Gokul Gopalakrishnan too comments on Justice Joseph being the third of the three to take the oath as Supreme Court judges.