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, Sandeep Adhwaryu draws on Pakistan’s mounting economic woes, while referring to Islamabad’s purported approach to “bleed India with a thousand cuts”.
Satish Acharya spotlights the stream of post retirement appointments of judicial officers, citing the example of retired Supreme Court judge Justice S. Abdul Nazeer’s appointment as the governor of Andhra Pradesh.
E.P. Unny gives his take on the opposition accusing central agencies — the CBI, ED and Income Tax department — of inaction over the Adani Group-Hindenburg Research row.
Kirtish Bhatt alludes to a report by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) which revealed that national parties received Rs 780.77 crore in political donations in FY 2021-22, with BJP accounting for a lion’s share with donations amounting to Rs 614 crore. In the illustration, a man is asking the ECI, “Excuse me. How do you make this party?”
Sajith Kumar opines on the Income Tax (IT) department’s “survey” of BBC offices in India entering its third day, weeks after the public broadcaster aired the first part of a two-part documentary critical of PM Modi’s handling of the 2002 Gujarat riots as then chief minister.