The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.
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Cartoonist Manjul weighs in on the “urban Naxal” furore underway since the arrest of five activists from three cities earlier this week. With India eyeing its first crewed mission to space by 2022, he suggests some in the Right-wing will be more than pleased to nominate the “urban Naxals” to make the flight.
Mika Aziz draws on the controversy too, suggesting the “urban Naxal” charge may help leaders of the BJP dodge some uncomfortable questions.
Sajith Kumar has a take on the new RBI report that states 99.3 per cent of the notes demonetised in 2016 were already back in banks, which suggests the exercise may have failed to curb black money, one of its primary objectives.
As M.K. Stalin becomes the new DMK chief, Satish Acharya hints that he has big shoes to fill.
Cartoonist Suhail Naqshbandi has a biting take on efforts of the Hindu Right-wing to get Article 35A scrapped. The article grants the J&K legislature the power to define its permanent residents.