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In today’s featured cartoon, Sajith Kumar draws on the occasion of World Cartoonist Day Friday (5 May). As political parties intensify their campaign ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections, Kumar reflects on how cartoonists are an integral part of the political landscape, providing commentary on current issues and insights into power relations.
Satish Acharya refers to PM Modi’s swipe at the Congress after the party, in its Karnataka election manifesto, said it was committed to acting against organisations like the Bajrang Dal and Popular Front of India. The PM, meanwhile, has been silent on the ongoing wrestlers’ protest by players such as Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and others against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in New Delhi.
E P Unny, too, comments on the wrestlers’ protest being ‘ignored’ by the government, with the Karnataka elections just round the corner.
Sandeep Adhwaryu gives his take on the recent political developments in Maharashtra. While Sharad Pawar took back his decision to quit as NCP chief Friday, senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar had recently commented that his party can stake a claim to the post of Maharashtra’s CM “now” instead of waiting for the 2024 assembly polls. The cartoon shows Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis having a conversation about CM Eknath Shinde.
