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In today’s featured cartoon, Manjul takes a dig at how public attention swerves more towards the Narcotics Control Bureau’s summons to Bollywood stars over their personal WhatsApp chats rather than towards issues such as farm bills, tensions with China, rising unemployment and a sinking GDP.
Alok Nirantar takes a dig at BJP losing its major allies, such as the Shiv Sena last year and the Shiromani Akali Dal now deciding to quit the National Democratic Alliance in protest over the farm bills.
Sajith Kumar’s sharp take on PM Modi’s latest Mann Ki Baat radio programme, during which he emphasised the concept of story telling.
Sandeep Adhwaryu illustrates the ‘legend’ of former PM and noted economist Dr Manmohan Singh in the wake of India’s plunging GDP.
E.P. Unny puns on the controversy over the passage of the farm bills in the Rajya Sabha and the new ‘premises’ for the Parliament building.