Why do you think the Home Department continued to say that the march was not evoking any response?
The Home Department continued to claim that the march was not evoking any response because they were unwilling to accept that Mahatma Gandhi's actions had evoked any enthusiastic response from the masses.
The colonial authorities viewed the Salt March merely as "a drama, an antic, a desperate effort" to mobilise people. They believed that people were unwilling to rise against the British and were busy with their daily schedules, happy under the Raj.
This reflects the biased nature of colonial Home Department reports, which did not always accept what the police reported from different localities and represented the official colonial viewpoint rather than ground reality.
Explanation
The answer draws directly from the Fortnightly Reports context which shows the Home Department's deliberate reluctance to acknowledge Gandhi's growing influence. The colonial perspective dismissed the movement as mere drama while claiming people were content under British rule. This demonstrates how the nature of the source (confidential colonial government reports) shaped the narrative to suit official positions.