Gujarat Assembly elections have become the matter of prestige now for BJP and Congress both. While Rahul Gandhi is seen in a relatively new avatar, BJP leaders, who are trying to sound bold confident on the camera, have to accept that this election is going to be tough. The Gujarat Assembly elections have turned from home ground into a battle ground, where PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah has lots at stake.

The battle is almost done with as the second phase of voting ended on Thursday, all eyes will be on the results now. The Congress and BJP both are engaged in the war of prestige. The Congress, which had a track-record of imploding during previous elections, has for once come together as a team and fought back harder than the BJP imagined. Whether the incumbent BJP or the underdog Congress wins, the Gujrat elections will have a wider effect not just in Gujarat but also across the country.

PM Narendra Modi has put so much at stake since coming to power at the Centre. The BJP has successfully completed one of its 2014 Lok Sabha election agenda ‘Congress Mukt Bharat’. But a loss in Gujarat, home state to both the prime minister and BJP president Amit Shah, will be seen as the dent to their leadership on home turf. The Gujarat elections have become an interesting match between BJP and Congress, where the winner goes to finals in 2019, and the loser goes home.