Chennai (PTI): Attributing the BJP's triumph in the Gujarat assembly elections mainly to a larger women turnout, Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he had organised several conferences two months prior to the polls, to address their problems.

There was a three per cent increase in the women voter turn out. "This is one of the major reasons for the success of the party at the hustings," he said when asked about the reasons for the electoral triumph.

Addressing BJP workers here, Modi said he had taken systematic steps to address the problems of various sections-women, youth and farmers--in Gujarat.

Two months prior to the polls, he had organised 27 women conferences to address their problems, Modi said.

Media was kept outside the meeting venue.

Photographers were permitted only after heated exchanges with the police near the BJP office.

BJP's Tamil Nadu unit President L Ganesan briefed the press on Modi's speech after the Gujarat Chief Minister left the venue.