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Why you shouldn’t poke ‘sleeping Lady Justice’ & ‘kangaroo’ media’s plan to leap into 2024

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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, Manjul suggests the justice system isn’t always fair to activists.

R. Prasad | Twitter/@rprasad66 | The Economic Times

Referring to Mahatma Gandhi’s campaign supporting Khadi cloth during the Swadeshi movement, R. Prasad takes a jibe at how the Flag Code was amended last year to permit the production of machine-made and polyester flags, rather than just handspun and hand-woven cloth. And with the government now encouraging people to hoist the national flag at their homes in the run-up to Independence Day, the official guidelines also make it clear that people can use machine-made and polyester flags for this purpose.

Alok Nirantar | Twitter/@caricatured

Alok Nirantar comments on how Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Chandrakant Patil sparked a controversy by saying that it was with a “heavy heart” that the party had decided to make Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde the state’s chief minister, rather than its own leader and ex-CM Devendra Fadnavis.

 

E P Unny | The Indian Express

Alluding to the next Lok Sabha election, which is to be held in 2024 — a leap year — E.P. Unny refers to Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana’s comments about how the media is running “kangaroo courts” through “ill-informed and agenda-driven debates”.

Satish Acharya | Twitter @satishacharya

Satish Acharya takes a dig at the central government over its spending on media ads. I&B minister Anurag Thakur gave a break-up of the spending in response to a question by Congress MP Digivijaya Singh in the Rajya Sabha.

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