When Modi invokes Gandhi, he should also recall the Mahatma’s criticism of the sedition law The current farmers protests, like the Dandi March, are a non-violent agitation against laws that are believe to be unjust. 6 hours ago Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of India’s independence in Ahmedabad on March 12. | Gujarat Information Department / AFP On March 12, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi began his epoch-making Dandi March, walking 240 km in 24 days to demand that the colonial government should repeal the iniquitous salt law and to push for Indian independence. Gandhi described the Dandi March as a battle of right against might. The larger objective of the march, he said, was to free the world of the monstrous greed of materialism.