After the horrific shootings at a gay nightclub which left 49 dead and scores more injured in Florida, on Sunday, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his sympathy — “Shocked at the shootout in Orlando, USA. My thoughts & prayers are with the bereaved families and the injured.”

The sympathetic tweets promoted a quick backlash from those who want India’s Parliament to repeal a Colonial-era law that criminalizes homosexual acts as India is one of many countries around the world where gay sex is against the law.

Check out How Twitterati Reacted To PM Modi’s Tweet:

My rant against @narendramodi‘s response to the tragic Orlando shooting #Scrap377 pic.twitter.com/pMaVsNIraX

— Rachita (@visualfumble) June 13, 2016

If you do have any sympathy, show it by protecting LGBTQ rights in your own country. #Scrap377 https://t.co/OHPyiaJs9s

— Ragini (@raginimnn) June 14, 2016

We must shame PM @narendramodi for letting hateful people in his party to exist. The same hate has killed LGBT people in Orlando. #scrap377

— N (@FiveFingerDeep) June 13, 2016

No, you don’t get to be shocked. Take an action and scrap Sec 377 in India. #ChooseLove #PrayForOrlando #Scrap377 https://t.co/nz1mUTsd2n

— Priyanka Parikh (@prixie07) June 13, 2016

I agree… Walk the Talk #IndiaPM and decriminalize #LGBTI relationships in #India!#Scrap377 https://t.co/qz4KEO0nsD

— Thinking aloud (@pujanarula) June 15, 2016

@narendramodi Dont be an hypocrite If you really feel bad about #OrlandoShooting thn #scrap377 #OrlandoNightclubShooting #LGBTIrights #India

— Utkarsh Tripathi (@Theutkarshtripa) June 14, 2016

If you run one of 77 countries where being gay is a crime, don’t offer sympathy; fix your law, bc you are complicit. pic.twitter.com/UbwNj9DcNH

— heather barr (@heatherbarr1) June 13, 2016

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