Kottayam, April 9 -- Union Minister and National Democratic Alliance's Kanjirapally candidate George Kurian on Thursday expressed confidence in achieving a "great mandate" in the Keralam assembly polls.

Kurian, who cast his vote at a polling station in Kottayam Kanakkary Government Higher Secondary School, stated that the NDA leaders have requested the people to vote in favour of the alliance.

"We are expecting a great mandate for NDA in Kerala and we are requesting the people to vote in favour of NDA," he told ANI.

This comes amid the ongoing polling across 140 seats in Keralam, which began earlier in the day.

In Keralam, over 2.6 crore electors will decide the fate of 883 candidates across 140 constituencies. Of the 2,69,53,644 regi...