Sanders made a rare foray into India’s internal politics on Wednesday, shortly after Trump returned from a heavily-publicized trip to India, where he was given a red carpet welcome by PM Narendra Modi and clinched a much-anticipated $3 billion weapons deal with New Delhi.

Tweeting a link to a Washington Post story about a spate of sectarian violence over a citizenship law that has gripped parts of the Indian capital since last weekend, Sanders pinned blame for the unrest squarely on one side, describing the showdown between the rival groups as “anti-Muslim mob violence.”

“Over 200 million Muslims call India home. Widespread anti-Muslim mob violence has killed at least 27 and injured many more. Trump responds by saying, ‘That's up to India.’ This is a failure of leadership on human rights,” tweeted Sanders, who is riding high in the polls after winning the popular vote in the first three primary contests.

The tweet has sparked a barrage of reactions online. While some commended Sanders for his criticism of what some argued is Trump's lukewarm response to the unrest, others accused him of turning a blind eye toward the other side of the story – amid reports that a number of Indian police have been killed or wounded in the fracas.

“In your desperation to get back at @realDonaldTrump, don't malign MY country,” an Indian commenter tweeted.

Others noted that not only Muslims but law-abiding Hindus were also victims of the rampage.

“You totally left out the fact that violent, organized Islamists went on a rampage, killing people, civilians, and burning down homes. Many of yesterday's victims were Hindus. Police were powerless against the Islamist mobs. Why did you leave that part out!?” another user tweeted.

Some argued that what is happening in Delhi is none of Washington’s business altogether:

“I don’t agree with Trump on 99.9% of what comes out of his mouth... I’m going to have to side with him in this one! The US is not the world’s police!” said one netizen.