PATNA, Feb. 8 -- Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday accused the state government of harassing RJD leaders and suppressing the voice of the Opposition, in his first address as national working president of the RJD at the party office .

Yadav, who attended a felicitation event at the state RJD office after being appointed formally as second in command of the party, said that the arrest of demonstrators protesting the recent incidents of rape and murder of minor in Khagaria and rape of a woman in Sheikhpura are indications how the government was trying to intimidate the RJD workers and other opposition leaders.

"There is a conspiracy it seems to suppress the voice of opposition as evident in the case of Sheikhpura and Khag...