CHENNAI: Winning the ‘two-leaves’ symbol leaves the present AIADMK with two power centres – deputy chief minister O Pannerselvam as the leader of the party and chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy as the leader of the AIADMK-led government in Tamil Nadu. As the AIADMK finally wakes up after almost a yearlong slumber, the two power centres now have to embark on a tough balancing act as they work on reshaping the party and running the government, or risk the threat of losing cadres to their rival faction led by VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dhinakaran.The Election Commission order has not laid to rest the speculations and reports on the relationship between the two Palaniswami and Panneerselvam.A tweet by senior AIADMK leader V Maitreyan recently, which said: “It is three months since the merger of OPS-EPS factions, the fourth month begins today. Months roll on, what about the minds?” had triggered reports of a possible rift.Although in a joint press conference on Thursday after the Election Commission order, both Palaniswami and Panneerselvam projected a picture of unity, the lack of enthusiasm among the meagre turnout of cadres at the AIADMK headquarters here was one of the indications that winning the two-leaves symbol was only half the work done for the party. It is expected that Paneerselvam who is the deputy chief minister will now focus mostly on rebuilding the party which had taken a severe beating after the various fragmentations and factionalisms it has undergone for the past year since the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa last year.However, experts say unless the two leaders who represent two castes that have majority representation in the AIADMK work convincingly together the cadres are going to be looking for a better alternative who they think can lead the party better. The AIADMK has historically been led by representatives of castes that have had minority representation in the party and not from the majority like Thevar community to which Panneerselvam belongs or the Gounder community to which Palaniswamy belongs.