The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
Kirtish Bhatt | BBC News Hindi
On April Fool’s Day, Kirtish Bhatt takes a potshot at political parties in India, who make a fool of the voters by making false promises to them round the year.
Manjul, for Firstpost, takes a swipe at Congress president Rahul Gandhi deciding to contest from Wayanad constituency in Kerala, besides his traditional stronghold of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. The Left parties have dubbed the move as Congress’ fight “against the Left in Kerala”.
Satish Acharya depicts the Congress’ ‘election map’, showing how the party will be fighting the regional parties, who are part of the ‘mahagathbandhan’, in the Lok Sabha polls.
Sajith Kumar, for Deccan Herald, takes a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s changing avatars – from ‘chaiwala’, ‘pradhan sewak’, to ‘fakir’, and now ‘chowkidar’.
Alok Nirantar takes a swipe at Congress’ minimum income scheme by depicting that it will take a toll on the country’s ailing economy. In his poll promise, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that 20 per cent of India’s poorest would get a minimum income guarantee of Rs 72,000 per annum.
Suhail Naqshbandi depicts the false portrayal of Kashmir, eclipsing the real state of affairs in the Valley.