New Delhi, Apr 3 (UNI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday came down heavily on the Election Commission after it reduced the electioneering ban imposed on Assam BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma from 48 hrs to 24 hrs, saying the poll body has torn off the page of impartiality from its book.

"Even as we await a punitive action from the Election Commission in the EVM case which was found in the BJP leader's car, another move of the Commission seems to have torn the page of impartiality from its book," the Congress leader lambasted on Twitter tagging a picture of the EC order.

The Election Commission has reduced the electioneering ban on Sarma from 48 hrs to 24 hrs after accepting latter's apology and assurance to abide by the model code of conduct in future.

Sarma was banned for threatening Opposition Congress' alliance partner Bodo Peoples Front (BPF) Chief Hagrama Mohilary of sending him to jail by misusing the central agency NIA.

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