Thiruvananthapuram, May 3 -- Ahead of vote counting of assembly polls, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday expressed strong confidence in a United Democratic Front (UDF) victory in Keralam, citing a rare "unanimous" consensus among political observers, even while maintaining his trademark scepticism toward exit poll data.

Speaking to reporters in Thiruvananthapuram, Tharoor addressed the recent wave of exit polls that have largely projected an edge for the UDF. While exit polls in India are often criticised for their volatility, Tharoor noted that the current predictions are unusually aligned.

"Exit polls in our country have lots of problems. I don't want to particularly rely on them, but they have all agreed with each other, which is ...