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A major blooper occurred during the Tamil Nadu bypoll campaign in Dharapuram when former AIADMK minister M.R. Vijayabhaskar, who recently defected to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), accidentally urged voters to back the AIADMK's two leaves symbol. Campaigning alongside TVK candidate Sathya Baba, Vijayabhaskar forgot his new party affiliation and asked for votes on the 'Retailai' symbol rather than TVK's whistle symbol. The moment went viral on social media after attendees burst into laughter, prompting the leader to realise his mistake. The incident also drew jibes from the AIADMK, whose chief Edappadi K. Palaniswami had earlier accused TVK of horse-trading following the defection of several leaders.

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00:00TVK leaders' big blooper during bi-poll campaign.
00:04Vijay's AIADMK import forgets that he's now in TVK.
00:08AIADMK turncourt seeks votes for his old party, AIADMK.
00:12Vijay Bhaskar says, vote for two-leaf symbol.
00:15Viral moment from Tamil Nadu bi-poll battleground
00:18where the former AIADMK minister, Mr. Vijay Bhaskar,
00:22accidentally seeks votes for two-leaf symbol.
00:24Remember, he is now in the TVK.
00:27He was campaigning with TVK Dharapuram candidate Satya Bama yesterday.
00:34So, we'll show you the video where he can be seen asking
00:38and seeking votes for the AIADMK,
00:40which has now also gone viral on social media.
00:42He's asking the voters to vote for the two-leaf symbol,
00:45which is the symbol of AIADMK.
00:47He was earlier in the AIADMK,
00:48but he forgot that he's now joined the TVK.
00:50He was seeking votes for the TVK candidate in Dharapuram.
00:55And he said that, please vote for the two-leaf symbol,
00:59which is of the AIADMK.
01:00And he asked the voters to vote for the two-leaf symbol.
01:06It will not be a change.
01:09We are now joined the defense in Dharapuram.
01:12It will not be a change.
01:15Look will you understand.
01:16Look at them.
01:19Look at them!
01:21Look at them!
01:25Look at them!
01:27Look at them!
01:28Look!
01:30My colleague, Apoorva is now joining us.
01:32Apoorva, old habits die hard and that is exactly what we saw in Dharapuram
01:37with the AIADMK turncoat who is now in the TVK
01:40but is still seeking votes for the two-leaf symbol.
01:47Well, that's right.
01:48It looks like it's kind of a foot-in-the-mouth situation for MR Vijay Bhaskar.
01:53In fact, he is the former AIADMK's minister as well
01:57and he had in fact deflected to the TVK him among several other MLAs
02:01including Satya Bama who is now the TVK's Dharapuram candidate
02:06ahead of the by-elections.
02:08All of them had deflected to the Tamil Nadu vitri-Kalagam.
02:10In fact, yesterday when he was campaigning for Satya Bama
02:14on behalf of the TVK party there in Dharapuram,
02:18it was accidentally that MR Vijay Bhaskar said campaigned for Retailai symbol
02:23which is Retailai is two-leaf symbol which is the symbol of the AIADMK.
02:28Earlier on as well, we had seen several jibes that have been taken by AIADMK's chief
02:34and Supremo, Edapadi K. Paliswamy EPS who had gone ahead and stated,
02:38yes, you know, several of our MLAs have jump-shifted and gone to TVK.
02:43This is nothing but horse trading that took place by TVK's allegations that EPS had stated
02:49and very much so on these very lines now you see, you know, MR Vijay Bhaskar there
02:53going ahead and asking for people to vote for two-leaf symbol as a, you know,
02:58as a part of the old habits rather than going ahead and saying his new and modified party
03:03which is the Tamil Nadu vitri-Kalagam which is being contested from the whistle symbol.
03:07All right, Apoorva, thank you for those details and for that context.
03:11So, TVK leader's big blooper during the Bipole campaign is the former AIADMK leader
03:18who's now in the TVK. He was seeking vote for the TVK candidate
03:21but he said he was seeking vote on the two-leaf symbol.
03:24He said that please vote for the two-leaf symbol which is of the AIADMK
03:28and it is when everybody around started laughing that he realized that he's made a mistake.
03:32He has to seek votes for the whistle symbol that is of the TVK.
03:35In fact, the AIADMK is also now taking a jibe at the leader.

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