Smriti Irani was in news for everything till recent times. But for all bad reasons and controversies. But now she is news and trending for a good reason.
She got her chappal repaired and gave the cobbler an amount of Rs 100 which was 10 times more than the required payment. Usually people at that stature just throw away the chappal and get the new ones . But the Minister chose to get them repaired andthat too on her own across the road which again brought the media attention.
The Union minister Smriti Irani paid Rs. 100 to a cobbler in Coimbatore for getting her slippers repaired and the latter, who had demanded only Rs. 10 for the job, happily put in additional stitches on it with the incident going viral on the social media.
The Union Textile Minister’s slipper strap had snapped as she got down from a flight to address a session at Isha Foundation in Coimbatore, BJP sources said.As HRD Minister earlier she earned the wrath of students and also the media. Then she was shifted to textile ministry where she is staying cool and composed.
She was looking for a cobbler and found one near Perur, around 16 km from the airport, on her way to Isha Foundation.
Ms Irani, along with Tamil Nadu BJP general secretary Vanathi Srinivasan, got off the vehicle. She handed over the slipper to the cobbler and sat on a stool.
The cobbler asked for Rs. 10 for the stitching job. Ms Irani placed a Rs. 100 currency note near his cash box and said, “Change venda (change not needed),” repeating what Ms Vanathi told her.
The cobbler put in a few additional stitches on the Union minister’s slipper.The incident has gone viral on the social media with the netizens appreciating Ms Irani’s gesture.
