The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.
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Nobody panics, please
The two houses of Parliament witnessed an uproar following the release of the second draft of the much-awaited National Register of Citizens Monday which excludes around 40 lakh people.
Union Minister Rajnath Singh, while addressing the Lok Sabha said that there’s no need to panic since this is just a draft. Satish Acharya illustrates the home minister asking residents of Assam to remain calm while their homes are being uprooted because their names don’t appear in the draft NRC report.
Hema Malini for chief minister
The politician-actor recently said that she can be a chief minister if she wants to but she would rather be free in order to pursue her interests. Cartoonist Satish Acharya revives her character of Basanti from the movie Sholay to portray her aspirations.
Bi-polar Indians
Cartoonist Sandeep Adhwaryu drew out the sad reality of violence on women through his cartoon. It was discovered that as many as 34 girls were allegedly sexually abused at a Muzzaffarpur shelter home in Bihar, ahead of the Durga Puja celebrations.
Roots don’t matter
In Surendra ‘s cartoon shows a poor man with and his family with roots under the ground. Yet, National Register of Citizens ask them for proof of where they belonged.
Who are the real Indians?
Cartoonist Manjul mocks the recent NRC draft that has excluded around 40 lakh people of Assam.
Less kids, less trouble
R. Prasad illustrates Bharat Mata who has now 40 lakh less kids to take care of now that they might not be counted as Indians.
The debate over Karnataka
Karnataka Chief Minister Kumaraswamy’s recent comment has triggered a North Karnataka vs South Karnataka debate. He recently said that the farmers of the Koppal district would have had the “moral right to ask for a loan waiver if they had voted beyond caste and money.” Satish Acharya has a funny take on it.