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Nirmala Sitharaman told protesting DMK members, "You are talking about Kaurava Sabha, you are talking about Droupadi, has DMK forgotten Jayalalithaa? Unbelievable."                        "Jayalalithaa's Saree Was Pulled": N Sitharaman To DMK On Women's Safety  Hitting back at the Opposition’s attacks over the violence against women in Manipur, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today invoked Tamil Nadu’s former Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa. Countering DMK leader Kanimozhi’s remarks on crimes against women in India, she said, “Women suffering anywhere, be it Manipur or Rajasthan or Delhi, we have to take it seriously, but there should be no politics over it.” She then recounted the March 25, 1989 incident when Ms Jayalalithaa’s saree was pulled in Tamil Nadu assembly. “She was a leader of the opposition. DMK members heckled, laughed at her. Jayalalitha took an oath that she will return to the assembly ...

The DMK members shouted "Eppo" in Tamil demanding to know when the hospital would be built. The Minister replied in both English and Tamil.     Nirmala Sitharaman said the state government should take the blame for AIIMS delay, not the Centre New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the ‘budget’ for the proposed AIIMS hospital at Madurai in Tamil Nadu escalated by ₹ 700 crore since land acquisition was delayed and that the state government should take the blame for it. Speaking on the debate on the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, Ms Sitharaman, amid slogan shouting by DMK members said the budget for the proposed hospital went up from ₹ 1,200 crore to ₹ 1,900 crore since land acquisition was delayed by Tamil Nadu. The DMK members shouted “Eppo” in Tamil demanding to know when the hospital would be built. The Minister replied in both English and Tamil. Ms Sitharaman said, hence, the state government should take the blame and not the Centre cannot b...