Why did Gandhiji choose “Salt’ as the symbol of his Civil Disobedience Movement?

. (i) Salt is consumed by both the poor and the rich, and is one of the most essential items of food everywhere in the world.
(ii) The British government had the monopoly on the production of salt in India
(iii) By imposing a ‘salt tax’ the government hit both the rich and the poor, specially the poor. Gandhiji thought it was the most repressive Act of the British government and choose to defy it by breaking the “Salt Law”.