Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday refused to put on a saffron shawl and a saffron badge offered by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders at Sitabdiara and Chapra during the launch of L K Advani's rath yatra against corruption.

At the public meeting in Sitabdiara, the birth place of Jayaprakash Narayan, Kumar refused to put on a saffron shawl given by BJP leaders.

He was then given a white shawl by BJP leaders.

"When Kumar refused to put on saffron shawl, he was given a white shawl and he accepted it," a Janata Dal - United leader told rediff.com.

According to him, Kumar also objected to a poster at the venue, which was removed immediately by BJP leaders.

Advani's yatra was flagged off by Kumar at the airport ground in Chhapra.