An old tweet reminding Olympian Manu Bhakar of the promise of a cash reward of Rs 2 crore to the then Haryana Sports Minister Anil Vij after he won a historic bronze medal in the 10m air pistol event at the 2024 Paris Olympics went viral on Sunday.
Manu Bhakar’s message reminding Haryana Sports Minister Anil Vij of his promise of a cash prize of Rs 2 crore has gone viral. (PTI) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}}
In October 2018, Manu Bakel became the first Indian shooter to win a gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games.
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“Congratulations to Manu Bakel for winning gold in shooting at the Youth Olympic Games,” Vij tweeted after the historic win.
“The Haryana government will award a cash prize of Rs 2 crore to Manu Bhakar for winning this gold medal. The previous government had paid only Rs 1 million,” he said in another post.
Manu Bhakar wins historic bronze medal in 10m air pistol shooting as India gets off to a strong start at the Paris Olympics
On January 4, 2019, nearly three months after the bounty was announced, the gunman posted a screenshot of Vij’s tweet saying, “Sir please check if it’s correct… or is it just Jumla (sic).”
Bakar also felt that someone in the Haryana government was playing “games” with the prize money that was meant to be awarded to the medallists.
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Anil Vij condemned the ace shooter’s attitude in expressing his dissatisfaction over not receiving the promised prize money and demanded an apology, saying Bakker should have first checked with the sports department before taking up the issue in public.
He said it was “bad” to criticise the state government, which offers the highest cash prize in the country. He asserted that Bakar would receive Rs 20 million as announced by the minister.
Vij also called for “some discipline” from the players and said Baquer should regret stirring up controversy.
“She still has a long way to go. She should just focus on her game,” he tweeted.
Social media users dug up bitter exchanges between the pair after Baquel won a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics.
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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi also posted a screenshot of Anil Vij’s tweet condemning Bhakr’s publicity and said he would “shamelessly try to take credit for winning a bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics” for himself.
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