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In today’s featured image, Satish Acharya draws on the issue of the B.S. Yediyurappa government in Karnataka changing its decision on allowing Bengaluru’s migrant workers return home.
R. Prasad takes a jibe at various states adopting labour reforms to boost economic activity post-lockdown. The reforms were criticised over fears that the it would change working conditions of labourers for the worse.
Kirtish Bhatt makes a comment on the Friday train accident in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad that killed at least 16 migrant workers. The workers were on the tracks when a train passed by, running them over. The accident is being seen as a result of laxity due to the very low volume of train activity amid the lockdown.
Swathi Vadlamudi’s illustration centers on the government’s PM-CARES fund which was set up to collect donations for efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic. She looks at how migrants, the poor and the vulnerable are still facing the brunt of the lockdown through loss of jobs and livelihood.
Alok Nirantar also takes a jibe on the same issue, while also throwing light on the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not held a conference since the Covid crisis began. PM Modi had addressed the nation thrice in the span of 40 days, the first time being when he announced the lockdown on 24 March.
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No press conference since he is office right from gujarat days …