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Lucknow: BJP’s Hardoi MP Anshul Varma sparked a controversy on Wednesday after he submitted his resignation to a ‘chowkidar’ (watchman) at the party office in Lucknow, days after he was denied a ticket by the BJP.Varma also handed a Rs 100 note to the watchman. Varma had recently locked horns with BJP leader Naresh Aggarwal over alleged distribution of liquor in Hardoi. He said BJP neither gave any reason for denying him ticket nor any top leader was ready to meet him on the issue. Varma, 44, who is a first time MP, said, “I have always done development. “I challenge those who are adding chowkidar before their names to announce if they will make sure that their children, after completing education, will become chowkidars,” he said..