No discrimination! Twitter demands equal prize money and honor for Paralympic medal winners

 New Delhi: It was just the Day 2 at Rio Paralympics and India opened their medals tally thanks to Mariyappan Thangavelu and Bhati Varun who won gold and bronze respectively in the in the men’s T42 High Jump event.

While Thangavelu made a leap of 1.89 metres, Bhati jumped his personal best of 1.86 metres to finish third.

The news brought extreme delight to the faces of people all across India and twitter was soon full of celebrations. Though a few question marks arose asking if the Paralympians will be awarded with same sort of money and honour as that of the Rio Olympians.

Hope india give the same prize money and honour to Paralympic athletes #Rio2016Paralympics — Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) September 10, 2016

Rs 75 lac for Mariyappan & Rs. 30 lac cash award for Bhati.
Rio #Paralympics @Rio2016_en https://t.co/Y1cdUf7gGK — Accessible India (@MSJE_AIC) September 10, 2016

Hoping @narendramodi, @mlkhattar, @ArvindKejriwal will reward Paralympics #Gold & #bronze medallist winners.#MariyappanThangavelu — Mehul Choradiya (@ChoradiyaMehul) September 10, 2016

I wish government give a equal prize amount to this guy like Sindhu #MariyappanThangavelu He deserves it #Rio2016 #Paralympics — Atulya Singh (@atulya47) September 10, 2016

So a #Paralympics #Gold medalist has lower prize money than #Olympic #bronze
I knew this 'divang' was just lip service.#Shameless
INDIA

— LizaHHH (@lizTaS7) September 10, 2016

Congrats to #MariyappanThangavelu for gold & Varun Singh fr bronze in #Paralympics
These true heroes defy all odds pic.twitter.com/yJNgQFm8eG— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) September 10, 2016

India is elated! Congratulations to Mariyappan Thangavelu on winning a gold & Varun Singh Bhati for the bronze at the #Paralympics. #Rio2016— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 10, 2016

Congrats to #MariyappanThangavelu for gold & Varun Singh fr bronze in #Paralympics
These true heroes defy all odds pic.twitter.com/yJNgQFm8eG — Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) September 10, 2016

Greatly delighted to note India's talented Mariyappan Thangavelu scripted history at #Paralympics by winning Gold. 

— ShivrajSingh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) September 10, 2016

Two high jumps for Indian athletes, two giant leaps for India! Congratulations Mariyappan Thangavelu and Bhati Varun Singh! #Paralympics — Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) September 10, 2016