BJP set to retain Gujarat; Modi to focus on job growth: CLSA's Chris Wood

With key reforms such as GST, demonetisaton and banking sector reset via the Rs 2.11-lakh crore capital infusion into public sector banks set in motion, Wood expects Modi to focus on generating jobs

The odds of Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning the Gujarat election for the sixth consecutive time remain high, though it is likely that its majority will decline from the victory in the last poll held in 2012, says Christopher Wood, managing director & equity strategist at CLSA.

One strategic blunder, Wood says in his weekly note GREED & fear, which the Congress under the still unconvincing leadership of Rahul Gandhi has made is that it is fighting the