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In today’s featured cartoon, Sandeep Adhwaryu depicts Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and Jharkhand CM-elect Hemant Soren taking away Christmas gifts, presumably from PM Narendra Modi.
Sajith Kumar takes a shot at the Modi government’s prior decision to celebrate ‘Good Governance Day’ on former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary, which falls on Christmas day, in the context of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the immigration issue, represented by Santa Claus.
Mika Aziz shows Home Minister Amit Shah repackaging and gifting the National Population Register to those protesting against the CAA and the National Register of Citizens.
Kirtish Bhatt also uses the Christmas theme to mock PM Modi’s ‘recognise them by their clothes’ comment on anti-CAA protesters.
Alok Nirantar depicts the contradiction between Amit Shah’s old statements on the NRC and PM Modi’s Sunday speech saying his government and Parliament have held no discussions on the issue.