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In today’s featured cartoon, Sandeep Adhwaryu takes a swipe at the ruling BJP government over the lynching of a 24-year-old Muslim man in Jharkhand even as the party talks about ‘legacy issues’ of Emergency.

On the 45th anniversary of the Emergency declared by then prime minister Indira Gandhi, Manjul weighs in on the freedom of expression of independent media under the present Modi regime.

Sajith Kumar mourns the death of close to 150 children in Bihar due to an Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) outbreak, as he takes a sharp nudge at Pratap Chandra Sarangi, BJP MP from Odisha’s Balasore, over the parliamentarian’s controversial remarks Monday.

Kirtish Bhatt pokes fun at the parole application of self-proclaimed godman and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh over ‘good behaviour inside the jail’. The cartoonist illustrates women’s fear of ‘poor behaviour’ Singh ‘outside the jail’. He’s serving a 20-year sentence for rape and murder.

With a reference to the popular political notion of ‘social engineering’, R. Prasad takes a jibe at BSP chief Mayawati over her latest move to induct her brother and nephew in key party positions.

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