Dramatic moments in the Sasikala soap opera at Jayalalithaa's shrine at Marina Beach.

Sasikala who is headed to Bengaluru jail made a pit stop at the shrine and offered flowers and prayed quietly. But quite suddenly, she began weeping and bent down to strike the memorial a couple of times (reports said she was breaking a coconut, which is erroneous) with her palm and muttered, what seemed like a promise, an oath, so to speak to take forward Amma's legacy.   

Her supporters shouted slogans for both Jayalalithaa and Sasikala.

Ironically, this morning, the very people Jaya had expelled from the party -- Sasikala's nephews TTV Dinakaran and Venkatesh -- were inducted into the party in direct contravention of Jaya's wishes.

This is something the O Panneerselvam camp will seize upon.