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Parliament inauguration–’end of colonial hangover’ & wrestlers shouldn’t incur ‘priests’ wrath’

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In today’s featured cartoon, Satish Acharya takes a satirical take on the detention of protesting wrestlers in front of the new Parliament building, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi the same day.Sandeep Adhwaryu | via @CartoonistSan

Sandeep Adhwaryu | via @CartoonistSanSandeep Adhwaryu, too, alludes to the Parliament building inaugural ceremony in the backdrop of the scuffle that broke out between wrestlers and Delhi Police. 

Sajith Kumar | via @sajithkumar
Sajith Kumar | via @sajithkumar

In this illustration, Sajith Kumar takes a dig at the installation of the sceptre, or sengol, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the new Parliament building on Sunday morning amid religious rituals by priests

R Prasad | via @rprasad66
R Prasad | via @rprasad66

Here, R Prasad alludes to the legacy of then Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru when sengol was handed over to him as a symbol of the transfer of power from imperial British to democratic India.


Nala Ponnappa | via @PonnappaCartoon
Nala Ponnappa | via @PonnappaCartoon

Nala Ponnappa mocks the trend of one person being allocated multiple portfolios in Karnataka, like Chief Minister Siddaramaiah kept the Finance Ministry, along with Cabinet Affairs, the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Intelligence, Information, IT and BT, Infrastructure Development, and all unallocated portfolios.

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