Similar complaints were made by the Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate Tabassum Hasan in Kairana. RLD leader Ajit Singh rushed to the EC, complaining that many Muslims observing fast walked away on finding the EVMs not functioning. Tabassum alleged that the Election Commission had erred in the first place by holding the by-elections during the month of Ramzan. “They did not expect so many voters, especially Muslim voters, to come out in this heat while fasting,” she said, before adding that when they saw a high turnout, the plan B was to delay the voting by reporting that the machines had developed glitches.