Sushma Swaraj Had One Condition Before Issuing A Passport To A Young Boxer - Win A Medal For India!

What's easier - winning a boxing medal for India or getting a passport made? This question is for young boxer Jhalak Tomar to answer.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj expedited the process of issuing a passport to Tomar only on one condition - she has to win a medal and do India proud.

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Jhalak Tomar, who recently won the bronze medal in the 54 kg weight category at the Junior Women's National Boxing Championship, is now all set to participate in an international boxing tournament called 'Valeria Demyanova Memorial' in Ukraine.

Jhalak - I have spoken on the given number. You will get the Passport tomorrow morning and you have to win a medal for the country. @Real_Aditi @rpoghaziabad

¡ª Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) November 12, 2017

The young medalist hails from a small village in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh. Although she has already qualified for this competition to be held in Nadvirna city of Ukraine, she doesn't have a passport.

Swaraj was notified of Jhalak's plight by an alert Twitter user, who sent a screenshot of her passport application to the external affairs minister. Swaraj promptly replied.

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The external affairs minister has won several admirers for her use of social media in coming to the aid of citizens promptly. Her sense of humour has also been appreciated.

Last year in December, Foreign Affairs magazine named her one of 15 'Global Thinkers' of the year "for fashioning a novel brand of Twitter diplomacy".

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Since she took office, Swaraj has tirelessly not just responded to tweets seeking help, she has actually taken prompt action to ensure people's problems are solved. No problem is seen as too small or too big for her attention. And she's even worked for the public while ailing and from a hospital room.