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Last Laughs (Best of political cartoons, 14 – 20 October)

The best Indian cartoons of the week, chosen by senior editors at ThePrint.

Talk Point: Is the Congress battle-ready for 2019 with Rahul Gandhi at the helm?

We seek perspectives on whether Congress has learnt its lessons from 2014, and with Rahul Gandhi about to take over, is it battle-ready for 2019?

Is Modi’s new scheme Saubhagya a realistic goal given the health of state power utilities?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a new scheme called Saubhagya to ensure electrification of all willing households by 2019.

The rise of economic nationalism is merely a response to liberalism’s failings

Lord Meghnad Desai writes on the threat to the liberal order today, and examines why economic nationalism has become an alternative to nations globally.

The Union Cabinet reshuffle could be in line with Kamaraj Plan

Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP chief chalks out a major overhaul in the organisational structure

Model village scheme: 8 Union ministers among 100 MPs who met only 20% of target

Reports accessed by ThePrint show that ministers like Bandaru Duttatreya, J.P. Nadda, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Prakash Javadekar have performed poorly

PM Modi’s outreach to Kashmiris needs to become a doctrine

At a time when the security forces have achieved impressive results in terrorist kills over the last three months, the statement surprised some observers in Kashmir.

PM Modi pulls up BJP MPs for not having govt apps on their phones

The apps were launched in order to connect with the masses and provide them information on various government welfare measures.

Exclusive: Days before Pangong scuffle, China border patrol tore tents, threatened Indian herders

Indian villagers were threatened in Demchok and forced to vacate grazing grounds

Siddaramaiah does a modern day Mandal to take on BJP juggernaut

The Karnataka CM has no substantial accomplishments despite being in power for 4 years. But he is banking on a social engineering formula to fend off BJP. Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi

On Camera

Congress can’t deny Modi’s charge of Muslim quota. Karnataka & 2009 manifesto are proof

The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.