The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
Alok Nirantar takes a dig at Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s assets that have grown from Rs 55 lakh, as declared in his 2004 election affidavit, to Rs 2 crore in 2009 and to Rs 9 crore in 2014.
Mahamud illustrates Congress president Rahul Gandhi denting ‘chowkidar’ Narendra Modi’s vote bank with his promise of minimum income scheme.
Mika Aziz takes a potshot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi promoting his ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign by asking voters on social media to buy merchandise printed with the catchphrase.
Sajith Kumar, for Deccan Herald, takes a dig at BJP veterans Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, who were dropped from the party’s list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. While Advani was replaced by BJP president Amit Shah in Gandhinagar, Joshi was replaced by Satyadev Pachauri in Kanpur.
Sandeep Adhwaryu, for The Times of India, weighs in on Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s statement that his party’s promise of minimum guaranteed income to the poor is a ‘surgical strike’ on poverty.
Satish Acharya takes a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who on Wednesday announced the success of Mission Shakti. India had for the first time used an anti-satellite missile and shot down a live satellite 300 km in space. Modi said India has becomes only the fourth country after US, Russia, China to have this capability.
Suhail Naqshbandi, for Greater Kashmir, takes a swipe at Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar for calling their own party members ‘real mujahideen (warriors)’. Mufti and Sagar had recently said that their respective party workers were real worriers as they were working hard to bring peace in Jammu and Kashmir.