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In today’s featured cartoon, Manjul comments on allegations against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of “misusing” central agencies to target opposition leaders in the backdrop of the arrests of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Partha Chatterjee in connection with the alleged West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) scam and Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut over irregularities in the Patra Chawl redevelopment project. The illustration draws on the theme of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad underway in Chennai.
Alluding to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka which forced the Rajapaksas to vacate their seat of power, Sandeep Adhwaryu comments on how the power structure in the island nation is different from political realities in Pakistan – also seeking an IMF bailout – where the Army calls the shots.
Alok Nirantar comments on the arrest of Uddhav Thackeray loyalist Sanjay Raut amid allegations against the BJP of using central agencies to widen the split within the Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions of the Shiv Sena.
R. Prasad takes a jibe at Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari for his remarks that Mumbai would cease to be the financial capital of India without Gujaratis and Rajasthanis, while alluding to John Bull – a fictional character deemed to be the personification of the UK – to point out how Mumbai flourished as an economic hub under British rule.