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In today’s featured cartoon, Alok Nirantar alludes to Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray’s meeting with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav in an attempt to reach out to migrants ahead of Mumbai civic polls. The illustration also depicts Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis’s rapport with MNS chief Raj Thackeray, whose party was once a fierce proponent of ‘anti-migrant’ brand of politics.
Irshad Kaptan gives his take on leaked videos of jailed AAP leader Satyendar Jain getting a massage and having access to outside food during his stay at Delhi’s Tihar jail. In the illustration, Jain’s wife can be seen telling someone over the phone: “No tension!! Every two-four days, a video is leaked from jail and I get to know of his well being.”
Kirtish Bhatt, too, comments on the leaked video of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain eating outside food in his jail cell. In the illustration, Jain’s fellow inmates can be seen requesting jail authorities: “At least give us our mobile phones. We will order from Swiggy, Zomato.”
Referring to the ongoing Fifa World Cup in Qatar, Nala Ponnappa pokes fun at Indians who still grasp at the Indian football team reaching the semi-finals in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
R. Prasad gives his take on Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s Malabar tour causing discomfort within the party’s Kerala unit.