With former ruling parties in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu in a state of freefall after the assembly elections, it is clear the crisis is set to accelerate. Ex-chief ministers Mamata Bannerjee and M. K. Stalin lost their seats in addition to the defeat of their parties. Mamata’s problems are now critical as she has lost control of her Trinamool Congress, both at the state and national levels. The latter has yet to become formal but the writing seems to be on the wall. As for Stalin, not al