Indian minister gives cobbler INR100 for fixing slipper

Video has gone viral

A video of an Indian minister getting her slipper fixed by a roadside cobbler has gone viral after she offered him a generous tip.

Smriti Irani, who is a Minister for Textiles, approached a cobbler in Coimbatore, a city in Tamil Nadu, after her slipper strap had snapped as she got down from a flight to address a gathering.

Although the cobbler asked for Rs10, the minister handed him Rs100, saying “Change venda [change not needed]”, according to NDTV.



In the backdrop of the government’s demonitisation campaign when Rs100 notes are in great demand, Irani’s gesture won hearts across the internet.

This is so unlike an Indian politician,a grt exmpl of simplicity of @smritiirani ,stopping by at a cobbler herself 2get her chappal stitched pic.twitter.com/Mnv0jawTfN

— Amritanshu Gupta (@AmritanshuGupta) November 26, 2016

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Celebrating news trivia with how madam #SmritiIrani was able to break her chappal and she got it fixed from a mochi :p

— RK (@TheRadFactor) November 27, 2016

Watch the video here:

Coimbatore: No change of ₹10, @smritiirani paid ₹100 to cobbler for getting slippers repaired, happy cobbler puts additional stitches. pic.twitter.com/1bgJsjxhTv

— Pinky Rajpurohit 🇮🇳 (@Madrassan_Pinky) November 26, 2016