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In today’s featured cartoon, Sandeep Adhwaryu illustrates a soldier atop a mountain paying tribute to the late Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and others who lost their lives when an Indian Air Force Mi-17V5 helicopter carrying them crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu Wednesday afternoon. He also alludes to the General’s message to troops, to hold firm.
E.P. Unny has this simple tribute to the late Gen. Rawat.
Satish Acharya illustrates the Gorkha Regiment hat that Gen. Rawat wore till he was Army chief, before becoming CDS, as a tribute.
Manjul draws tears in the colours of the Indian flag as a tribute to the ‘fallen soldier’, referring to the 11 Services personnel who perished in the chopper crash along with General and his wife, Madhulika Rawat.
Alluding to the Narendra Modi government’s offer that it will suspend cases against farmers, Sajith Kumar wonders whether all the slurs hurled at them in the course of the year-long protests will stay.
R. Prasad refers to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent warning to absentee BJP MPs and suggests they should attend the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, if only to say ‘hi’ to their colleagues and ‘aye’ to the chair.