Thiruvananthapuram: The social media is having a field day over the faux pas made by Kerala Industry and Sports Minister E.P.Jayarajan in his obituary reference on late boxing legend Muhammed Ali.

Senior CPI-M leader, Jayarajan by virtue of being the new sports minister, when asked by a TV channel here for his reaction to the death of Ali started by saying that "he just heard the news that Muhammed Ali passed away in America".