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In today’s featured cartoon, Satish Acharya suggests that Christmas came early this year in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, as he draws PM Narendra Modi as Santa Claus gifting development projects to CM Yogi Adityanath, while Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav is punched in the nose by his gift. The allusion is to Income Tax raids at his aides’ houses in Lucknow.
R. Prasad also refers to I-T raids at the premises of Akhilesh Yadav’s colleagues as he alludes to the Samajwadi Party president’s statement that other central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation will also come.
Manjul reflects on the wish-list of India’s youngsters, and what the Narendra Modi government has to offer instead for Christmas, referring to the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor by PM Modi in Varanasi last week.
Sajith Kumar pokes fun at PM Narendra Modi’s recent remark when he described the Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath as “UP plus Yogi bahut hai upyogi (Uttar Pradesh plus Yogi has great utility)”.
Alok Nirantar has this take on Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement slamming the three constituent parties of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress.