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In today’s featured cartoon, Sandeep Adhwaryu has a sharp take on the government’s inability to control fuel prices that have been rising for the past few days. While the rates for petrol jumped from Rs 83.41 to Rs 83.71 per litre, diesel prices went up from Rs 73.61 to Rs 73.87 per litre.
E. P. Unny’s take on the construction of a new Parliament building for the 70-plus Indian democracy and the ‘denial’ of a sipper and straw for 83-year-old undertrial Stan Swamy.
Manjul comments on NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant’s recent remarks about bringing reforms. Kant had said that tough reforms are difficult in India because there is “too much of democracy”.
Kirtish Bhatt also comments on the new parliament building, whose foundation stone will be laid by PM Narendra Modi Thursday.
Sajith Kumar comments on the opposition parties’ support towards the ongoing farmers’ protest against the new agriculture laws.