<p>Kolkata: The mean ‘Hawai Chappal’ (Hawaiian Slippers), an integral part of the persona and politics of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mamata-banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</a>, gave up on Friday. The chief minister of West Bengal and Trinamool Congress supremo was addressing an election rally in the Jhargram <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha</a> constituency of the state when she found that one of her slippers had worn out. </p>.Lok Sabha Polls 2024 | TMC knocks EC door over BJP's Abhijit Gangopadhyay's 'sexist' remarks against Mamata.<p>“I will have to go barefoot now”. The microphone was still on. When an aide asked if he should get a new pair of slippers, Banerjee was heard saying: “Where will you get another pair now?” She then looked around and asked for a safety pin from a woman party worker. She was also seen trying to fix the slipper with the safety pin later but gave up after suffering a prick.</p><p>“It (the slipper) has no fault. I have walked much more than it could endure,” she later told the crowd. </p>
<p>Kolkata: The mean ‘Hawai Chappal’ (Hawaiian Slippers), an integral part of the persona and politics of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mamata-banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</a>, gave up on Friday. The chief minister of West Bengal and Trinamool Congress supremo was addressing an election rally in the Jhargram <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha</a> constituency of the state when she found that one of her slippers had worn out. </p>.Lok Sabha Polls 2024 | TMC knocks EC door over BJP's Abhijit Gangopadhyay's 'sexist' remarks against Mamata.<p>“I will have to go barefoot now”. The microphone was still on. When an aide asked if he should get a new pair of slippers, Banerjee was heard saying: “Where will you get another pair now?” She then looked around and asked for a safety pin from a woman party worker. She was also seen trying to fix the slipper with the safety pin later but gave up after suffering a prick.</p><p>“It (the slipper) has no fault. I have walked much more than it could endure,” she later told the crowd. </p>