In today’s featured cartoon, Adhwaryu cleverly portrays the inter-party relationships of the Congress and BJP through their state chief minister choices. While the BJP is seen as a central stronghold party with Modi and Shah at the helm, Rahul Gandhi and Kharge’s hold on the Congress chief ministers is not as strong.
Sajith Kumar’s cartoon comments on the new chief ministerial choices of the BJP in the three states where it won assembly elections. Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh have all seen new faces from the party take the helm at the state, indicating serious thought by the central party command.
This cartoon by R Prasad weaves Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati’s announcement of her political successor with a political science lesson on princely states. Mayawati handed over the reins to her nephew Akash Anand, which invited comments from many about the nature of political dynasties in India.
As COP28 draws to a close with a deal that mentions transitioning away from fossil fuels, Manjul humorously comments on the need to do much more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and global warming in the world. He compares COP’s efforts as akin to trying to get the genie back in the bottle.