The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.
The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
Alok Nirantar comments on former deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, being named in the multi-crore irrigation scam. The state’s Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court detailing Pawar’s alleged role in the scam.
Cartoonist Soham Sen relies on Navjot Singh Sidhu’s signature punch phrase, ‘thoko taali‘, to take a jibe at Pakistani President Imran Khan envisioning Sidhu as the Prime Minister or ‘Wazir-e-Azam’ (as Imran called it) of India.
In Asian Age, Gokul Gopalakrishnan takes a dig at Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj insisting India won’t have a dialogue with Pakistan as long as the country ‘supports terrorism’. She was responding to Imran Khan’s statement Wednesday about strengthening relations with India.
In Midday, Manjul references the recently-released Rajnikanth-starrer 2.0, to depict two Prime Ministers — Narendra Modi and his predecessor Manmohan Singh.
In Deccan Herald, Sajith Kumar has a take on the 106-year-old woman voter in Mizoram, seemingly lauding her unwavering faith in Indian democracy despite the country’s politicians.
In Sify, Satish Acharya takes a jibe at the crisis in the Indian Women’s cricket team, over the dropping of Mithali Raj at the Women’s World Cup T20.