LUCKNOW, Aug. 8 -- State finance minister Suresh Khanna on Thursday highlighted development projects undertaken in the state capital due to efforts of Lucknow MP and defence minister Rajnath Singh. Khanna inaugurated various roads and development projects worth Rs 4.29 crore undertaken by the public works department in Lucknow West assembly constituency. He also inaugurated eight road repairing and construction works at an event organised in Rajajipuram. Others present on the occasion included BJP leader and chairman, FICCI Uttar Pradesh, Neeraj Singh, district BJP president Anand Dwivedi, MLC Mukesh Sharma and Anjani Srivastava. Addressing the gathering, Khanna highlighted that numerous development projects have been undertaken in Lucknow due to the efforts of Rajnath Singh. Neeraj Singh said due to the efforts of the defence minister, a community centre is being built in five assembly constituencies at a cost of Rs 38 crore from CSR funds. He said 23 roads were constructed last year with a budget of Rs 2.17 crore from the MP fund. Under the chief minister's contingency plan, 177 projects have been proposed with a budget of approximately Rs 4,597 lakh (Rs 45.97 crore), including several construction projects in West assembly. Prominent among those present on the occasion included Diwakar Tripathi, Pushkar Shukla, Jaya Shukla, UN Pandey, Satyendra Singh and Vimal Chaudhary along with party workers in large numbers....