• The Labour session of the Indian National Congress held in 1929 under the chairmanship of Jawaharlal Nehru was a turning point in the history of freedom movement in India.
• The session declared that the ultimate aim of Indian freedom struggle was to attain complete. freedom (Pooma Swaraj) for the country.
• Civil Disobedience Movement started under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi.
• With the Civil Disobedience Movement’.
• Gandhiji meant to disobey all antipopular and antidemocratic civil laws made by the British Government.

As a part of this Gandhiji’s proposed the following.

• To lift salt tax.
• To declare 50% tax relaxation for farmers.
• To increase the tax on imported foreign clothes.
• To release political prisoners.
• To cut short military budget and high salary of top officials.
• To dissolve the secret surveillance wing formed to watch Indians.
• To start coastal shipping service. 
• To implement prohibition of liquor.

Gandhiji gave top priority to reducing salt tax. There are various reasons why Gandhiji selected salt as a powerful weapon against the British.

• Salt tax constituted two fifth portion of the income collected by the British through taxes.
• This tax was a heavy burden for the poor people.
• The British government burned small scale indigenous salt production.
• There was three fold hike on salt price.
• The demand for lifting salt tax was a slogan suitable to inspire all segments of the society.