For a state that holds the key to the country’s highest office, Tamil NaduNSE 0.48 % faces as many crises as there are players who are in the fray this time. 

This is the first time that the people of TN will vote for the Centre in the absence of political supremos M Karunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa. This election will also determine the future of the Dravidian parties and leaders like MK Stalin and Edapadi K Palaniswamy, both of whom badly need to win to prove their leadership abilities t ..