Devangere, May 29 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today vowed to pursue development without treading the "path of sin" even if it meant some tasks remained undone.

Describing development as his "dream, path and destination", Modi pledged to root out middlemen and charged the previous government with having "yielded to the pressure from various lobbies".

"I may be asked why Modi doesn't do big things. Earlier governments have done big things, they did it for big people, they reaped big benefits out of it. Do I have to commit such sin?" Modi asked.

"No," replied the crowd.

He was addressing a public meeting in Karnataka as part of Vikas Parv (festival of development), organised to mark the completion of two years of his government.

Modi said: "When people like you bless me and show affection towards me, I don't have to go on that path of sin. No matter if one or two works don't happen but I will not let this country to go on the path of sin. This is my promise to you."

"In this journey of development, I want your help and cooperation. Development is my dream, development is my path, development is my destination, development is my aim, development is my strength, development is my inspiration. On that basis, I want to take the nation to new heights and for this I need your help and cooperation and blessings," he said.

"My government had not completed even one week in office and some people started questioning its work.... They cannot digest (the NDA coming to power). They wonder where from I came. I have come from this land, from among you," Modi said.