Cartoon Against Congress By American Artist Ben Garrison? A Fact Check

A reverse image search on the viral image revealed that the cartoon has been circulating on social media for a long time.

An image circulating online claims that American cartoonist Ben Garrison created a political cartoon targetting India's main Opposition party, the Indian National Congress (INC).

The viral cartoon shows a cow, emblazoned with the symbol of the Congress party, consuming a leaf shaped like the Indian map and defecating into a bucket, representing what's left for the Indian people. It further portrays the cow's milk being collected in a bucket, depicting the Gandhi family. A text layer on the image reads, "American cartoonist Ben Garrison's depiction of the state of India. The best way to show how congress ruled India."

Sharing the image on X (formerly Twitter), one user wrote, "Nehru to Rahul Rule couldn't have been depicted better." An archived version of the post can be accessed here.

However, the claim is false. Garrison did not create this cartoon. It has been manipulated and the original version was created by Indian cartoonist Amal Medhi in 2015, which poked fun at the government's 'Make in India' initiative.