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In today’s featured cartoon, Sajith Kumar talks about PM Modi’s recent statement on reports that India is in the process of becoming the 3rd largest economy in the world. He highlights the irony of the situation in Manipur, where civilians are getting killed while the centre and state governments have failed to establish peace.
Amidst talks of the Income Tax Department imposing a 200% penalty on late ITR filing and Rajasthan’s new tax law, Satish Acharya highlights the plight of a common man. A large chunk of people’s income is taken away while banks keep waiving off loans worth lakhs of crores.
Sandeep Adhwaryu gives a satirical take on the centre’s reply to the opposition’s demand for a suo motu statement from PM Modi in both houses of parliament after the viral Manipur gangrape video.
R Prasad compares PM Modi’s acknowledgment of Manipur’s violence after a gang rape video went viral to Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy’s recognition of Noakhali’s violence after Mahatma Gandhi camped there and toured the district to restore communal harmony. Unlike Noakhali, there is no Gandhi in Manipur to restore peace.
Nala Ponnappa alludes to PM Modi’s rally in Sikar, Rajasthan, where he criticizes the 26-party opposition alliance I.N.D.I.A.