PM Modi’s ‘U-turn’ on Covid vaccines, and India’s ‘skyrocketing’ fuel prices

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Sandeep Adhwaryu | Twitter @CartoonistSan

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 takes a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s changing stance on curbing Covid and the recent U-turn taken by him regarding India’s vaccination policy following a nudge from the Supreme Court.

Alok Nirantar | Twitter @caricatured

Alok Nirantar also comments on the PM’s sweeping announcements on cash distribution in the first Covid wave and free vaccines during the second, while India faced a shortage of funds and the vaccines respectively.

Kirtish bhatt | Twitter @Kirtishbhat

Kirtish Bhatt on the intensifying feud between Twitter and the central government, with the IT ministry sending its final communication to Twitter Sunday asking it to comply with the new guidelines failing which the “law will take its course”.

P Mahamud | Twitter @cartoonist_PM

P Mahamud satirises the skyrocketing prices of diesel and petrol that have crossed the Rs 100-mark in many states, causing distress to citizens across India.

R Prasad | Twitter @rprasad66

R Prasad refers to the BJP leadership’s probe into the hawala scandal, which rocked the Kerala unit of the party, asking its three-member ‘independent panel’ to submit a report on the use of election funds.