What was the primary demand regarding the salt tax made by Gandhi?

Lower taxes on sugar

Abolition of the salt tax

Reduction of police brutality

Establishment of local governance

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B. Abolition of the salt tax

Gandhi's most significant demand was the abolition of the salt tax, which he viewed as emblematic of the exploitation by British rule.

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