Pune: Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on September 30 said the result of Solapur Lok Sabha by-elections will not affect his party's relation with alliance partner Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

His reaction came in response to a query if the defeat of Congress candidate in his Lok Sabha constituency was due to NCP refraining from campaigning and if that would affect the relationship between the two parties.

When asked if the result reflected that people were disenchanted with Congress, Shinde said that has to be analysed and the party has to do some introspection.

He was talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function to inaugurate the newly built Centre for Police Research at Pashan.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena candidate Pratapsinh Mohite Patil won the Solapur seat defeating his Congress rival Anandrao Devkate by over one lakh votes.

To another question, Shinde ruled out resignation saying, "The Opposition has the habit of harping on resignation."

Earlier, inaugurating an ultra-modern Centre for Police Research (CPR), he dwelt on the changing role of police in the modern times where its functions have drastically changed because of the emergence of parallel justice system because of "lacunae" in the laws.

PTI