Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar could not meet Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Wednesday due to her ill health.

Expressing regret on missing out the opportunity to meet the BJP leader, she tweeted to say she would like to meet him whenever he visits Mumbai next.

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“Aaj BJP ki adhyaksha mananeey @AmitShah ji se meri mulaqaat honewali thi parantu mujhe food poisoning hone ki wajah se maine unse telephone pe baat karke milne mein asamarthta vyakt ki aur agli baar jab bhi wo Mumbai aayenge tab unse milne ka nivedan kiya. (Today I had a meeting with BJP President Amit Shah, but since I am suffering from food poisoning, I told him over telephone that I would not be able to meet this time. I also requested him to meet me next time he visits Mumbai,” the 88-year-old singer posted.

Aaj BJP ki adhyaksha mananeey @AmitShah ji se meri mulaqaat honewali thi parantu mujhe food poisoning hone ki wajah se maine unse telephone pe baat karke milne mein asamarthta vyakt ki aur agli baar jab bhi wo Mumbai aayenge tab unse milne ka nivedan kiya.

— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) June 6, 2018

Responding to her tweet, Amit Shah posted: “I pray to God for your quick recovery. I will meet you on my next trip to Mumbai.”

आदरणीय लता दीदी, आप शीघ्र स्वस्थ हों ईश्वर से ऐसी कामना करता हूँ। मैं अपने अगले मुम्बई प्रवास पर आपसे भेंट करूँगा। https://t.co/xkRQSEvk7B

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 6, 2018

Shah visited Mumbai on Wednesday and met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.

As part of the party’s new initiative, “Sampark for Samarthan”, prior to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Shah called on Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit-Nene and her husband Dr Sriram Nene soon after his arrival in Mumbai on Wednesday morning. Later in the day, he met former Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata.

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Accompanied by Fadnavis and Maharashtra BJP chief Raosaheb Danve, Shah apprised the celebrities of the work done by the Narendra Modi government in the last four years, the NDA government’s vision for India. He also presented a booklet on the same.

“As always, it was inspiring to meet Ratan Tataji with Amit Shahji… We also presented him a book on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on auspicious Shivrajyabhishek din,” Fadnavis tweeted.

As always, it was inspiring to meet Shri Ratan Tata ji with Mananiya @AmitShah ji as a part of @BJP4India ‘Sampark For Samarthan’ Abhiyan !
We also presented him a book on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on auspicious #shivrajyabhishek din ! @RNTata2000 #SamparkForSamarthan pic.twitter.com/Ff67WMHYbV

— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) June 6, 2018

In another tweet, he said met “Madhuri Dixit-Nene, Dr Nene and family with Amit Shahji as a part of ‘Sampark For Samarthan’, an initiative to meet dignitaries to share the historic decisions and achievements” of Modi’s four years.

Danve dismissed the speculation that BJP would offer Madhuri Dixit-Nene a Rajya Sabha nomination, and said no such decision had been taken.

Shah also visited the Siddhi Vinayak Temple in Prabhadevi and met Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar on Wednesday.

As part of ‘Sampark for Samarthan’, Shah has so far met former Indian Army chief Dalbir Singh Suhag, former Lok Sabha secretary-general Subhash Kashyap, cricket legend Kapil Dev, retired Chief Justice of India RC Lahoti, and yoga guru Baba Ramdev.