Mumbai, Oct. 25 -- Singer Daler Mehndi's son, Gurdeep Mehndi, has broken silence on the ongoing controversy surrounding Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Subodh Uniyal's alleged insulting remarks about his father at a recent public event.

Gurdeep described the ongoing controversy as "painful" and "unfortunate". He shared a video on his Instagram handle, addressing viewers about the current situation of Daler Mehndi and his family.

Gurdeep said, "I'm Gurdeep Mehndi, and consider this my first official statement. The controversy that happened in the past few days regarding Papaji (Daler Mehndi) was very painful and very unfortunate. At that time, I was outside India. I flew back and I met him, and I asked him, 'Papaji, how are you doing?' And ...