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In today’s featured cartoon, Manjul alludes to the lynching of two persons accused of ‘sacrilege’ in separate incidents in Punjab, and the fact that while several political leaders have publicly condemned the alleged desecration, they have said little on the killings.
Sajith Kumar asks questions of the Congress after its Punjab state president Navjot Singh Sidhu purportedly endorsed the ‘public hanging’ of anyone found guilty of sacrilege.
R. Prasad also reflects on the lynching over alleged sacrilege in Punjab.
In light of the killings in Punjab, Kirtish Bhatt makes a tongue-in-cheek comment about people’s sentiments being attached to religion, but not to lynchings done in the name of religion.
Alok Nirantar mocks Rahul Gandhi for getting into a Hindu-or-Hindutva debate with the BJP instead of addressing issues faced by the common Indian, like jobs, price rise and lack of healthcare facilities.
E.P Unny uses the Christmas/Santa Claus motif to take a shot at the Basavaraj Bommai cabinet clearing the controversial anti-conversion bill, which Christians have been opposing.