Addressing a public meeting here as part of 'vikas parv' (development festival) on completion of two years of his government, he asserted that he would "never go on the path of sins" as he charged that the previous government had "yielded" to pressure from various lobbies, including diesel and petrol ones.
Slamming the critics who "started questioning his work" even when he had not seen my office properly, Modi said his government's programmes are mostly for the benefit of farmers and poor people, besides ending the role of middlemen, including in jobs.
"Whatever I have done during the last two years has been for the welfare of the people only. Some people say Modi does not do big things," he said.
Accusing the previous government of "extending big favours" to few people, Modi asked, "should I commit the same sin? Should I go on the wrong path? When you have blessed me, there is no need for me to go on that path of sin. Even if one or two things remain undone, I will not let the nation go on the wrong path."
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He enlisted a number of programmes initiated in various fields and said a "change" can be felt in the country and that he wanted to take the country to new heights for which he required people's support.
He mentioned various schemes for the farmers like Crop Insurance and Irrigation scheme, talked about programmes like opening of bank accounts for the poor and insurance schemes for them as well as his endeavour to give LPG connections to five crore poor people over the next three years.
"Middlemen have been stopped from getting richer. This is
the change we have brought in. We have done the work of bringing more than 700 schemes in past two years," the Prime Minister said.
Asserting that his government has taken several measures for people welfare, he said, "My government has taken the task of Congress-free India. In fact, I would say that people have taken up this task. We have taken up the task of removing middlemen. We do not need middlemen anymore."
He said previous governments have only blown the trumpet of their work.
"They would say we have brought in this law and that law. This government has repealed more than 1,200 archaic laws which were there for past 60 years.
"I am surprised that a citizen was bearing the brunt of so many laws. These 1,200 laws some of them are 100 to 150 years old. We have repealed them all," he said.
He said the government would raise the limit of Ethanol mix in petrol and diesel from the current level of five per cent. In some foreign countries, it is upto 30 per cent.
"I want to increase it further (the limit to mix Ethanol in fuel)," the Prime Minister said, adding that it will help the farmers in earning more money and will not harm the environment.
He said he also dreams of doubling farmers' income by 2022, when nation completes 75 years of independence, and sought the cooperation of the agriculture community in this regard.
The Prime Minister also asked people to assess his government and its work. "I have come to you for two works. First you have to assess my work and secondly you have to bless me," he said.