Our full effort is to make Lucknow world-class city: Rajnath

Lucknow, Oct 19 (PTI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that our full effort is to make Lucknow a world-class city.

Irrespective of whether he remains MP or not, his commitment to Lucknow's development will remain, Singh said.

Addressing a function organised after inaugurating projects in Jankipuram Sector F on Sunday, the last day of his three-day visit to his parliamentary constituency, Singh said, "We are fully committed to the development of Lucknow. And our full effort is to make Lucknow a world-class city." He said, "There are cities named Lucknow in many countries around the world! I just returned from Australia four days ago, and Lucknow is there too. But I want our Lucknow to become world-class." The defence minister said that when it comes to the development of Uttar Pradesh, he has tried to do whatever he could.

"Whatever work I am doing today is with the blessings of the revered Atal Bihari Vajpayee," Singh said as he inaugurated a community centre and library, and virtually unveiled the statues of former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Singh said, "The BrahMos missile factory has been established in Lucknow, which will prove to be a milestone in the city's industrial development." He said that the community development centre being inaugurated here was built by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and comes under the Ministry of Defence.

Singh said that HAL is doing remarkable work, and three days ago, HAL's unit in Nashik manufactured a 4.5-generation fighter plane, which he had inaugurated.

He said that people face challenges finding space for weddings and other celebrations, so he resolved to build a community centre in each of the five Assembly constituencies of his parliamentary constituency.

He also said that he aims to ensure that there is not a single park in Lucknow that lacks an open gym. PTI AR NAV MNK MNK