Nitish Kumar’s alliance crisis and ‘scriptwriters’ of Hathras conspiracy theories
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Nitish Kumar’s alliance crisis and ‘scriptwriters’ of Hathras conspiracy theories

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

   

E.P. Unny | The Indian Express

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,  E.P. Unny takes a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s predicament over the LJP quitting National Democratic Alliance in the state, along with a clever reminder of the fodder scam in which Bihar’s former CM, the RJD’s Lalu Prasad Yadav, was convicted.

Mahamud | Twitter

Mahamud, too, examines the implications of the LJP jumping ship, and the BJP’s attempt to do some damage control.

R. Prasad | Economic Times

R. Prasad has a sharp take on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s claim that the Hathras incident is an ‘international’ plot to destabilise his government.

Sandeep Adhwaryu | Times of India

Here’s Sandeep Adhwaryu’s take on the conspiracy theory claim with regard to the Hathras case.

Satish Acharya | Gulf News

Satish Acharya illustrates what goes into the ‘scripts’ being written by Uttar Pradesh Police and government on the Hathras gangrape case.