Scotching rumours of her return to BJP, Bhartiya Janshakti Party chief Uma Bharti on Sunday said she prefers BSP supremo Mayawati as Prime Minister of the country over her former mentor L K Advani.

"If the need arises, I will support Mayawati rather than L K Advani or Rahul Gandhi for the post of Prime Minister," she said.

Bharti said she would be the happiest person if a Dalit woman becomes Prime Minister with her support.

The former BJP leader, however, said the possibility of BSP leader occupying the post would be tough as the party would require about 70 Lok Sabha seats to stake the claim.

In Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, Bhartiya Janshakti Party and BSP will make dent in the traditional vote bank of Congress, she claimed. "In some areas we are strong while in some BSP may gain," she said.

Bharti said though BSP managed to win the elections in Uttar Pradesh, but it would be difficult to replicate similar performance in forthcoming assembly elections in MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

"The issue in Uttar Pradesh was of increasing crime, so people voted against Samajwadi Party, BJP and Congress. But here (in Madhya Pradesh) the issue is corruption and Mayawati is no different. Besides, the core vote bank of BSP – Jatavs -- is limited to just three divisions -- Reeva, Gwalior and Sagar," she said.

Bharti also denied reports of her return to BJP. "We are so much against each other that the question of going back does not arise at all," she said.

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