Jagdishpur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 17 - Congress general secretary and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi Monday alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government was creating hurdles in the central government's developmental projects.

Gandhi, who was in this main town of his constituency to inaugurate the stamping unit in the Jagdishpur plant of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, said: 'Take for example the Hindustan Paper Mill that is proposed by the central government. A Rs.3,000-crore project, it will generate direct and indirect employment for nearly 25,000 people, but the state government refused to give us land and even returned the money we deposited for the same.'

He said the central government had opened a lot of schools, factories, professional education institutions in the region and would continue to work for the development of the people.

'We need to fight together for our region to generate employment for the people of the region and the entire state,' he told the audience in this area, about 100 km from state capital Lucknow.

Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Vilasrao Deshmukh, who was also present on the occasion, said: 'On my way here from Lucknow along with Rahul, I saw thousands of youth anxiously waiting for Rahul.