A Sri Lankan group protested in front of the US Embassy in capital Colombo and urged US President Donald Trump to investigate if the USAID funding was used to oust former leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa through mass protests.

Coalition Against Partition of Sri Lanka(CAPSL), with dozens of people who claimed to be patriots also urged Trump to take action against the current US Ambassador for promoting LGBTQ among Sri Lankan children.

The immediate aid freeze of US funding on programmes aiming for diversity and inclusiveness is likely to hit funding for many local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Sri Lanka.

Media reports have said the US money through its funding agencies and partners have been used to spread chaos in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Syria, Iran, Pakistan, India, UK and the US.