News channels’ election rat race & BJP eyes 2020 Delhi polls
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News channels’ election rat race & BJP eyes 2020 Delhi polls

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

   
Alok Nirantar | Twitter

Alok Nirantar | Twitter

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.

In today’s featured cartoon, Alok Nirantar pokes fun at the rat race on news channels covering the Maharashtra and Haryana election results.

Sandeep Adhwaryu | Times of India

Sandeep Adhwaryu weighs in on the recently released NCRB report that did not include data on lynchings, hate crimes, or crimes against journalists and activists, but set up a new category – “jihadi terrorists”.

Kirtish Bhatt | BBC News Hindi

Kirtish Bhatt contrasts the the recent move by leading Australian newspapers to black out their front pages in protest of governmental restrictions with the Indian media’s position on the government.

Mika Aziz | Twitter

Mika Aziz suggests that the Modi government’s move, regularising 1,797 unauthorised colonies in New Delhi, proves that its eyes are all set on the 2020 assembly elections.

Manjul | Firstpost

Manjul illustrates that Karnataka Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar’s bail, after being arrested on charges of money laundering, may prove to be a big boost for the party.