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In today’s featured cartoon, Sajith Kumar comments on the AAP-BJP tussle that preceded the election for the mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) which culminated in a victory for AAP’s Shelly Oberoi over BJP’s Rekha Gupta Wednesday.
Alok Nirantar, too, gives his take on the ruckus that erupted at the MCD House Wednesday ahead of the election for the mayor.
Satish Acharya alludes to reports of gau rakshaks working as informers for police in Haryana in the backdrop of photos circulating on social media of Bajrang Dal leader Monu Manesar — an accused in the deaths of two Muslim men from Rajasthan’s Bharatpur — posing with police and government officials.
Sandeep Adhwaryu draws on the Supreme Court’s refusal to stay the Election Commission’s order recognising the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena and allotting the party name and ‘bow and arrow’ symbol to it.
Manjul refers to the story of ‘The Crow and the Pitcher’ from Aesop’s Fables to highlight the idea that reducing the use of plastic straws — which are non-recyclable — can go a long way in limiting pollution.