MIC president Dr S Subramaniam has made it clear his party will not budge with regard to contesting in the Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat in the coming general election.

This is in response to MyPPP president M Kayveas wanting to contest in the popular hill resort replete with tea plantations.

Speaking to reporters in Putrajaya today, Subramaniam said he had met with Kayveas (photo) to discuss the matter.

"(I met him) once, we had a cup of coffee.

"What decision? This is an MIC seat and I made the decision," he said when asked if a decision had been made regarding the seat.

Subramaniam said MIC would also put it across to Prime Minister and BN chairperson Najib Abdul Razak that the seat should remain with MIC, as it is the party's traditional stronghold.

"I will tell him (Najib) to make the same decision," he added.

The current MP for Cameron Highlands is former MIC president G Palanivel.

In the 2013 general election, Palanivel won the seat with a wafer-thin majority of 462 votes against four other contenders. He had garnered 10,506 votes while his closest rival DAP's M Manogaran had 10,044 votes.

It has been widely speculated that MIC Youth chief C Sivarraajh would be fielded in the coming general election while Manogaran is expected to vie for the seat once again.