Raipur, March 6 -- Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on Friday said that Nitish Kumar is "defeated" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah following Kumar filing his nomination to the Rajya Sabha, in the presence of Amit Shah and other political leaders.

Bhupesh Baghel said that the BJP had "refused to accept" Nitish Kumar as CM after the Bihar Assembly election.

"The Chief Minister there (in Bihar) will be changed. The BJP had refused to accept Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister's face since the time of the Bihar elections. From that very time, it had become clear that they would not let him remain the Chief Minister. But Nitish Kumar took the oath for the 10th time....