Modi's elevation as PM gave Guj its first woman CM

2014 was a watershed year for Gujarat as its most popular leader Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of the country leading BJP to a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha polls while the state got its first-ever woman Chief Minister in Anandiben Patel.
BJP won all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat. However, in a dampener, the party lost three Assembly seats out of nine to Congress which were previously held by their MLAs in the bypolls.
The year also show Kamla Beniwal, who did not have a very cordial relationship with Modi, being first shunted out of Gujarat and later sacked as Governor of Mizoram.

The state got a speedy approval of gate installations on Sardar Sarovar Dam, a project pending for last 40 years, and had its first important foreign country head visitor when Chinese President Xi Jinping came to Ahmedabad.
The Sugnya Bhatt Commission formed by the previous Modi government, to probe illegal surveillance on a young woman was scrapped by the high court, while Nanavati Commission after 12 years completed its probe on the 2002 riots and submitted its final report to the state government.
After the Lok Sabha win, Modi handed over the baton of chief-ministership to 73-year-old Patel, whose selection did not come as a surprise as she was considered to be a close confidante.

Without Modi in the state, Opposition Congress has not been able to take any advantage as the state unit party is in marred by factionalism and lack of strong leader. After the Lok Sabha elections it wanted to change state chief Arjun Modhvaida, but has failed to find a replacement.