A day after Mika Singh’s team claimed that Uttarakhand minister Subodh Uniyal apologized to his elder brother and fellow singer Daler Mehdni for ridiculing him on the stage at a recent event, the BJP minister has dismissed such claims. Doubling down on his stand that there’s no question of apologising, he indicated that it’s the veteran singer who should be apologising to his audience instead.

“There is no question of me apologising,” said Uniyal, when asked whether he actually called up Daler to apologize to him personally, like Mika claimed on Monday. “Tell me, have I committed any crime that I should apologise for?,” added the minister. After repeating Daler’s lapse in communication, he posed the question, “I ask, who’s the criminal now?”

Uniyal argued again that if Daler was unwell, he should have never accepted the offer — and the fees of Rs 26 lakh — for performing at the event. “If he was unwell, he should’ve never made it to the event.…