While talking about taking women's sufferings seriously, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recalled in Lok Sabha that late Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa's saree was pulled in the state Assembly in 1989. "[Jayalalithaa] was the Leader of Opposition [then]...DMK members who were seated there heckled her [and] laughed at her," Sitharaman said. "[DMK] pulled her saree [and] demeaned her," she added.