PM Narendra Modi to Meet With India’s Paris Paralympics Contingent on September 12

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet and interact with India’s Paris Paralympic contingent at Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi tomorrow on Thursday.

PM Modi had previously taken out time after finishing his official engagements in Brunei to call up and congratulate India’s Paralympic champions as India has now secured a historic performance in the Paris Paralympics by winning 20 medals.

Last Friday, he held a telephonic conversation with Paris Paralympic Games medal winners Harvinder Singh, Kapil Parmar, Pranav Soorma, Sachin Sarjerao Khilari and Dharambir and congratulated them on their victory.

PM Modi said that the players winning the medals is the biggest gift to the country. He also appreciated the efforts of the coaches that have gone behind such fantastic performance of the players.

India concluded their historic Paris Paralympics campaign with 29 medals, including seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze medals, marking the country’s best performance in the competition’s history.

India also crossed the 50-medal mark in Paralympic Games history with their excellent performance.

This is the third time recently that the Indian Paralympics contingent will be outperforming the Olympics contingent of the country. At Paris, Indian Olympians won six medals.

A hat-trick has been struck at Paris this time as the Indian Paralympians had bagged 19 medals in Tokyo Paralympics and 111 medals in 2022 Asian Para Games, outperforming the Indian Olympics contingent on both occasions as the latter won seven medals in Tokyo and 107 medals at the last Asian Games.

As a mark of celebration, Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday announced cash awards of Rs 75 lakh to the gold medallists, Rs 50 lakh for the silver winners and Rs 30 lakh for the Indian athletes who have won bronze in the just-concluded Paralympic Games in Paris.