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In today’s featured cartoon, Sandeep Adhwaryu points out that former BJP minister Chinmayanand, who has been accused of rape, was born in 1947, the same year when India got its independence. The cartoonist suggests Mahatma Gandhi won’t have been pleased with this coincidence.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said that Tamil language was echoing across the United States, but R Prasad points out that amplifying one voice doesn’t mean muting another.
Satish Acharya weighs in on Reserve Bank of India’s new guideline — increasing the withdrawal limit for Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank depositors to Rs 10,000 from the initial Rs 1,000. The cartoonist also alludes to a report that claimed that government may request an interim dividend of around Rs 30,000 crore from the RBI to meet its fiscal deficit target.
Kirtish Bhatt too weighs in on the report, stating that the government is likely to request for Rs 30,000 crore from the RBI.
Manjul takes a jibe at Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray, who will contest from the prestigious Worli assembly seat in the Maharashtra elections to be held later this month.
Nala Ponnappa plays on Mahatma Gandhi’s last spoken words on the eve of his birthday.