Why Gujarat Assembly polls are crucial for BJP?

Ahmedabad: With just days left for the Gujarat Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a number of rallies in the state.
Though all political parties in the fray are putting their heavyweights in the forefront in a bid to attract voters, BJP is leaving no stone unturned to return to power.
Apart from PM Modi, other important BJP leaders including Union Home Minister are addressing rallies ahead of the polls in the state. The extraordinary efforts of the saffron party to return to power in the state raise questions.
A senior journalist Punya Prasun Bajpai while analyzing the ongoing campaign in Gujarat questioned, ‘After being in government for 27 years, is defeat in the election will be a big loss for BJP, especially PM Modi and Amit Shah?’ He claimed that every ruling party tries to win the election fearing investigation over the decision taken during their tenure.
In the analyses, he quoted some of the controversial events that took place in Gujarat since 2002. He mentioned the Gujarat riots, Justice Loya’s death, the Haren Pandya murder, Sohrab Uddin Sheikh encounter case.