Minister Prasanna Ranatunga says protesting civil society activists want to create anarchy in the country.
They hold protests to pocket some money, he charged.
He was reacting to a protest that took place in front of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) headquarters in Battaramulla to demand the party opposes acts against the country.
Ranatunga was inside the party office when the protestors arrived.
Coming out, the SLPP lawmaker answered questions raised by journalists and as he left, protestors jeered at him.
Then they dashed two coconuts marked with the names of Namal Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa and dispersed.
