public concerns on gst at the november 10 meeting of the gst council in guwahati we will demand exemptions from gst for small traders in cycle gem jewellery and textile sectors he said surjewala said gandhi noted that both demonetisation and gst were sold to the people by the bjp and the prime minister as a panacea for the poor ordinary people and small businesses and for fighting black money demonetisation and gst have turned out to be a double whammy in the life of ordinary people and have crippled or shut down businesses besides leading to large scale job losses he quoted gandhi as saying the pm he said had promised to bring black money back but where is the black money since 99 per cent of all the currency has come back where is the fake money has terrorism stopped he asked skc bds