Venugopalan Nair, 49 while protesting against the state government, poured petrol over his body, set himself ablaze at around 2 am in the morning on Thursday.
The controversial remarks by the Kerala Law Minister comes at a time when the communist government in Kerala has been accused of committing severe atrocities on the devotees of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala.
KP Sasikala took a jibe at Kerala police chief Loknath Behera saying that she hails the decision to reward the cops as they had to work at Sabarimala without even the basic amenities.