The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
In today’s featured cartoon, Nala Ponnappa draws on assembly elections in Karnataka by alluding to the issue of Bengaluru’s pothole-ridden roads. The Karnataka HC had last September directed the BBMP to set up a panel to look into the matter and submit a report.
Satish Acharya gives his take on the removal of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution from NCERT textbooks.
Sajith Kumar comments on the ongoing protest by athletes demanding action against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of harassment levelled against him by at least seven wrestlers.
Kirtish Bhatt, too, opines on the ongoing protest by wrestlers demanding action against the WFI chief. In the illustration, a fuming politician is telling his secretary, “Give me all the details. Those players were not here with medals, but with demands and complaints. I went to get a photograph (clicked with them)”.
R. Prasad draws parallels between the charges invoked against radical preacher Amritpal Singh and journalist Siddique Kappan. Amritpal was arrested Sunday and booked under the NSA, while Kappan — who was arrested by UP Police in October 2020 and spent nearly 850 days behind bars before his release in February this year — was booked under the UA(P)A.