Khattar says won't quit, Yogi opts for easy way to enter UP legislature

Both the BJP CMs recently got flak for deaths in their states

After his meeting with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah, embattled Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday ruled out his resignation. 

The party also announced that Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, and his two deputies, would not be contesting a direct election to enter the UP legislature, but would fight the elections to the state's legislative council.

Only seven of the 31 state legislatures have legislative councils. UP is one of these seven states.

Adityanath, whose government has come under criticism after the deaths of about 70 children in a hospital in his Lok Sabha constituency of Gorakhpur, and Deputy