Siliguri, March 28 -- In a dramatic turn of events ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, Asian Games gold winning athlete Swapna Barman on Friday finally cleared the legal and administrative hurdles that had threatened to derail her political debut as a Trinamulol Congress candidate.
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Fielded by the Trinamul Congress from the Rajganj Assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district, Barman found herself in a precarious position as she struggled to secure a no-objection certificate from the railway authorities following her resignation.
Her employment with the Northeast Frontier Railway, where she served as a Staff and Welfare Inspector (Level-6) in the Personnel Department at Alipurduar, became a legal impediment after disciplinary p...