Nirmala Sitharaman reminds DMK of 1989 Jayalalithaa incident

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, participating in the no-confidence debate in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, talked about the Indian economy being in a unique position to achieve future growth, informed about steps taken by the Narendra Modi government to control food inflation and strongly rebutted the points raised by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) members from Tamil Nadu.

Responding to DMK member Kanimozhi’s speech on the Manipur issue, Ms. Sitharaman said she would like to remind her about an incident which happened on March 25, 1989 in the Tamil Nadu Assembly when the then Leader of the Opposition Jayalalithaa’s saree was pulled.

“It is a very sacred sabha, the Leader of the Opposition Jayalalithaa’s saree was pulled in the Assembly. Her saree was pulled and the DMK members sitting there heckled her, laughed at her and made fun of her...” Ms. Sitharaman said, adding, “Two years later she returned as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. That party which was in power at that time sitting in the Assembly today talks of Draupadi”.