The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party on Sunday asked why the BJP government in Assam was giving a free hand to miscreants to attack leaders taking part in the Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’.

The statement comes against the backdrop of an alleged assault on Assam Pradesh Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah in Jamugrihat area in Sonitpur in the northeastern state during the day.