a request from sasikala to modi to release a commemorative coin and a special postage stamp for mgrs birth centenary came in an hour after ops letter on the same issue made its way to the media if he performs well people may end up supporting him which will make sasikalas position untenable chennai it is her lack of confidence that may wreck the current set up said badri seshadri political analyst for instance at the aiadmk party office in chennai recently ops parked his vehicle outside the office to enter the office and greet sasikala during a party workers meeting she left the venue minutes before tn chief minister o panneerselvam was to pick up the microphone and recall his departed leader nevertheless vowing to continue the march towards realizing the vision of puratchi thalaivi amma a reference to jayalalithaa at a conclave organized by india today in the city which was also her first public appearance since taking over as general secretary of the aiadmk v k sasikala fought back her tears as she unveiled the portrait of former chief minister j jayalalithaa but the framework is yet to be laid for the two to work in tandem and coordinate she stayed on at the venue until rajya sabha mp v maithreyan finished his speech paying tributes to j jayalalithaa while congress and left governments have worked out dual power centres in other states aiadmk leaders seem yet to come to terms with this real ity but sasikala is not so confident of her abilities and she will not want panneerselvam as head of government a few hours before the chief minister shot off a letter on thursday seeking the latters intervention to release tamil fishermen from lanka the general secretary came out with a statement urging modi and the sri lankan government to resolve the issue last week both released several statements on hot button issues from jallikattu to fishermen periodically ops drops in at poes garden where sasikala resides to discuss issues with her the incident served to bring home the dual power centres in the aiadmk a phenomenon the party is not accustomed to panneerselvam on monday did not fail to mention chinnaamma a reference to sasikala twice in his 15minute speech political observers say that it would require a leader comfortable in his or her skin to pull off a powersharing arrangement