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In today’s featured cartoon, Sandeep Adhwaryu takes a shot on what Trump’s advisers might have told him when he left Delhi Tuesday night. The day saw several incidents of arson, including miscreants setting a tyre market in northeast Delhi’s Gokulpuri on fire.
On a day US and India reiterated their improved bilateral ties and announced a Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership that would tackle terrorism, the national capital also witnessed communal riots. In his feature, E.P. Unny indicates it’s perhaps time India addresses the internal unrest.
Sajith Kumar takes a dig at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and the police who received flak for not clamping down on the communal riots that began Sunday evening. More than 20 people were killed and scores injured in the violence.
In the day’s cartoon, Kirtish Bhatt draws on people refraining from condemning the violence over caste and religious allegiances.
Among the social media messages on Delhi violence that have been doing the rounds was one comparing the 2002 Gujarat riots to the riots in Delhi. Poorva Goel appears to take inspiration from this.
PM Modi, who hosted US President Trump in India for two of the three days violence engulfed Northeast Delhi, addressed the issue on Wednesday calling for peace. Rohan Chakravarty takes a dig at the Modi-Trump bonhomie.