Bengaluru: Amid speculation that he might contest from Mandya, the former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy yesterday clarified that he had no plans of contesting from anywhere besides Channapatna.

Kumaraswamy said his party would field a woman farmer or a party worker if Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish, who is supporting the BJP, entered the poll fray in the Mandya Assembly Constituency and would ensure the party’s victory.

“I’m not a big person like her (Sumalatha). The people of Mandya will give a fitting reply to the arrogant words,” he said, while responding to the MP’s recent remarks against him and the JD(S) MLAs from Mandya.